Date: 2025-12-12Category: Not ApplicableState: MaharashtraCountry: India
HB-2490 Part 5 Extra 114 Date 12-12-2025, Publication of bill to amend the Maharashtra Slum Area Act, 1971 as L.C. Bill No. XVI of 2025 by Section Officer M.L.S. Extra Ord. No. 114, No.25(2).
This document is the Legislative Council Bill No. XVI of 2025, also known as L.C. BILL No. XVI OF 2025, presented in both the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. RNI No. MAHBIL/2009/40124. It's published as Part Five of the Maharashtra Government Gazette, an extraordinary issue, on Friday, December 12, 2025 (Agrahayana 21, Shake 1947); Serial Number 114. Price: Rupees 26.00.
The Bill seeks to further amend the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. Specifically, it aims to modify Section 34A of the original act, allowing the State Government to constitute one or more Apex Grievance Redressal Committees for specific areas. These committees would consist of a chairman and members in suitable numbers as the government deems fit and will exercise powers delegated to them under the act. This amendment is intended to improve the efficiency of grievance redressal and speed up the resolution of pending cases related to slum redevelopment.
The bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on December 11, 2025.
Contact information for the publication is:
Director: Rupendra Dinesh More, Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publication, 21-A, Netaji Subhash Road, Charni Road, Mumbai-400 004. The document was printed at Government Press and Book Depot, Civil Lines, Nagpur-440 001.
Deputy Chief Minister (Housing): Eknath Shinde.
Secretary - 3, Maharashtra Legislative Council: Dr. Vilas Athavale.
Key Entities Referenced
Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971: Principal Act being amended.
Maharashtra Legislature: Legislative body involved in presenting the bills.
Shikhar Takkrar Niwaran Samiti (Apex Grievance Redressal Committee): The body whose establishment is being modified by this amendment.