**Executive Summary**
This document is a notification from the Rural Development Department of the Government of Maharashtra, issued on December 31, 2025. It announces the specification of Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar in Umarga Tahasil of Dharashiv District as distinct villages for the purposes of Part IX of the Constitution, effective December 31, 2025. This decision was made after consultation with relevant administrative bodies.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Specification of Distinct Villages:**
* Effective December 31, 2025, the local area comprising the group of revenue villages Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar in Umarga Tahasil of Dharashiv District will be distinct villages.
* These villages will be known as Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar respectively.
* **Authority:**
* This decision is made under the powers conferred by clause (g) of article 243 of the Constitution of India and section 4 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959).
* It also considers all other enabling powers and supersedes previous notifications or instruments.
* **Consultation:**
* The decision was made after consultation with the Administrator, discharging the functions of the Standing Committee of the Zilla Parishad, Dharashiv, and Village Panchayat and Gram Sabha Mulaj in Umarga Tahasil of Dharashiv District.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Residents of Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar**
* **Impact:** The residents of Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar will now belong to separate, distinct villages for administrative and constitutional purposes.
* **Action Required:** No immediate action is explicitly stated, but residents should be aware of the change in their village designation.
**Stakeholder: Dharashiv Zilla Parishad, Village Panchayat, and Gram Sabha Mulaj**
* **Impact:** These administrative bodies will need to adjust their operations and record-keeping to reflect the separation of Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar into distinct villages.
* **Action Required:** Update administrative and jurisdictional boundaries to recognize the separate status of Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar.
Key Entities Referenced
Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959): Act providing the legal framework for village governance in Maharashtra.
Article 243 of the Constitution of India: Constitutional provision related to Panchayats (local self-government) in India.
Rural Development Department: Maharashtra government department responsible for rural development initiatives.
Zilla Parishad, Dharashiv: District-level local government body in Dharashiv, Maharashtra.
Dharashiv: District in Maharashtra where the new village division is taking place.
RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/31733
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Bandhakam Bhavan, 25, Marzban Path, Fort, Mumbai 400 001,
Dated 31st December 2025.
NOTIFICATION
Constitution of india.
No.VPM-2025/CR-261/PR-4 (E-1479193).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of
article 243 of the Constitution of India read with section 4 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act
(III of 1959), and of all other powers enabling it in this behalf, and in supersession of all the previous
notifications or instruments issued in that behalf, and after consultation with the Administrator,
discharging the functions of the Standing Committee of the Zilla Parishad, Dharashiv and Village
Panchayat and Gram Sabha Mulaj in Umarga Tahasil of Dharashiv District, the Governor of
Maharashtra hereby specifies the 31st December 2025, to be the date from which each of the local area
comprising group of revenue villages Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar in Umarga Tahasil in Dharashiv
District specified in column (3) of the Schedule appended hereto, shall be the distinct villages and
shall be known by the name of the villages Mulaj and Jaibhavani Nagar respectively, as specified in
column (2) thereof, for the purposes of Part IX of the Constitution.
Schedule
Sr. No. Name of the villages. Group of revenue villages or revenue village.
(1) (2) (3)
1. Mulaj Mulaj
2. Jaibhavani Nagar Jaibhavani Nagar
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
K. S. POTDAR,
Deputy Secretary to Government.
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