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RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528
महाारााष्ट्र� शाासन रााजपत्र
असाधााराण भााग आठ
वर्षष ११, अंक ३४(३)] शाुक्रवारा, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७ [पष्ृठ े१४, किंकमं त : रुपये े२७.००
असाधााराण क्रमांक ७८
प्रााकिंधाकृत प्राकाशान
महाारााष्ट्र किंवधाानमंडळााचेे अकिंधाकिंनयेम व रााज्येपालांांनी प्रााख्येाकिंपत केलांेलांे अध्येादेशा व केलांेलांे किंवकिंनयेम आकिंण
किंवधाी व न्येाये किंवभाागाकडून आलांेलांी किंवधाेयेके (इंंग्रजी अनुवाद).
In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in
English of the Maharashtra Regional and Town planning (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Mah. Act No.XLIV
of 2025), is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
SATISH WAGHOLE,
Secretary (Legislation) to Government,
Law and Judiciary Department.
MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XLIV OF 2025.
(First published, after having received the assent of the Governnor in the
“Maharashtra Government Gazette”, on the 29th August 2025).
An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act,
1966.
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Regional and
Mah. Town Planning Act, 1966 for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby
XXXVII enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
of 1966.
1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Short title.
(Amendment) Act, 2025.
Mah. 2. In section 2 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 Amendment
XXXVII (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”),— of section 2 of
of 1966. Mah. XXXVII
(i) after clause (14), the following clause shall be inserted, of 1966.
namely :—
“(14A) “Local Area plan” means a plan for micro-planning and
development of a specific local area, built or open, which is part of
an area for which draft or final Development plan or Regional plan
exists;”;
(१)
भााग आठ-७८–१2 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७
(ii) after clause (30), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :—
“(30A) “Structure plan” means a plan for the development of
the Regional or Town level roads and Regional or Town level public
amenities within any Region or area of any Planning Authority or area
of any New Town Development Authority, which is approved by the
State Government and has come into operation under this Act; and
includes revision of a Structure plan;”.
Amendment of 3. In section 22 of the principal Act,—
section 22 of
Mah. XXXVII (1) for clause (a), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely :—
of 1966.
“(a) proposals for allocating the use of land for purposes, such as
residential including affordable housing, agricultural and recreational,
and their integration with transport network;
(a-1) proposals for allocating the use of land for purposes, such as
industrial and commercial including identification and provision for
dedicated economic activities, resources, business districts, markets
and trading centers, and their integration with transport network;”;
(2) for clause (d), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely :—
“(d) transport and communications, such as roads, highways,
park-ways, railways, water-ways, canals, airports and transportation
hubs including their junctions, extension and development;
(d-1) mobility plan containing inter-city and intra-city
connectivity;”;
(3) after clause (j), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :—
“(j-1) proposal for integrating the existing water bodies, green public
spaces, urban forest, lake fronts, river fronts, canal fronts and place making
projects;”.
Amendment of 4. In section 27 of the principal Act,—
section 27 of
(i) after the words “Regional plan ”, at both the places where they
Mah. XXXVII
of 1966. occur, the words “or Structure plan” shall be inserted;
(ii) in the marginal note, after the words “Regional plan” the words
“or Structure plan” shall be inserted.
Substitution of 5. In Chapter III of the principal Act, under the heading DEVELOPMENT
sub-heading (c) PLAN, for sub-heading (c), the following sub-heading shall be substituted,
of Chapter III of namely :—
Mah. XXXVII of
1966. “(c) Provisions for preparation of interim Development plans, plans for
areas of Comprehensive development, Local Area plan, etc.”.
Insertion of new 6. After section 33 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be
sections after inserted, namely :—
section 33 in
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
Local Area “33A. (1) Where the local area for which draft or final Development
plan. plan exist, the Planning Authority may, at any time, or when so directed
by the State Government, within its jurisdiction, prepare Local Area plan
containing proposals for the development of local area which in the opinion
of the Planning Authority shall be developed or re-developed as a whole.महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७ 3
(2) Where the local area for which draft or final Regional plan exists,
any local authority or any agency, company or corporation established by
the State Government or Central Government and appointed by the State
Government (hereinafter in this section referred to as “the Appointed
Authority”), may prepare Local Area plan containing proposals for
development of specific area or areas which in the opinion of the State
Government shall be developed or re-developed as a whole.
(3) The Local Area plan in particular, shall provide for,—
(a) detail provisions in addition to Development plan or Regional
plan or regulations addressing the actual requirements of the area
envisaging its micro-planning;
(b) detail development, redevelopment, rejuvenation of specific
areas such as urban renewal, transit oriented development, industrial
areas, Central Business District through new layouts with enhanced
infrastructure;
(c) accesses, road and street pattern including street furniture
for the present and future envisaging the uninterrupted traffic and
pedestrian circulation;
(d) projection for the future requirements of amenities, services
and utilities such as transport, electricity, water, drainage, plantation
and landscape, place making, etc.;
(e) proposals and stages of the development program by which it
is proposed to execute the Local Area plan;
(f) appropriate estimate of the cost involved in executing the
proposals of the Local Area plan;
(g) any other proposals which are necessary for development or
redevelopment of the local area.
33B. (1) The Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case Preparation
may be, shall delineate the boundaries of local area for which Local Area of Local Area
plan.
plan is intended to be prepared and decide the objectives of such Local Area
plan. The Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case may be,
shall by a resolution make declaration of its intention to prepare Local
Area plan; and shall publish a notice of such declaration in the Official
Gazette, and also in one or more local newspapers, inviting suggestions or
objections from the public within a period of one month from the date of
publication of the notice in the Official Gazette. The notice shall state the
name of the place where a copy of Local Area plan shall be available for
inspection by the public.
(2) After declaration of such intention, the Planning Authority or
Appointed Authority, as the case may be, shall prepare the draft Local
Area plan after carrying out necessary surveys and collecting required data
and analysis thereof and after consultation with land or property owners
and any other persons interested therein and concerned Divisional Joint
Director of Town Planning.
(3) The Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case may
be, shall, not later than six months from the date of notice published under
sub-section (1), publish a notice in the Official Gazette, and in such other
manner as may be determined by it, that the draft Local Area plan has been4 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७
prepared and invite suggestions or objections from general public within
a period of thirty days from the date of publication of notice in the Official
Gazette. The notice shall state the name of the place where a copy thereof
shall be available for inspection by the public.
(4) The Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case may
be, after considering the suggestions and objections received by it, shall
submit draft Local Area plan to the State Government, along with a report
and list of modifications, if any, proposed therein, for sanction within a
period of three months from the date of publication of the notice in the
Official Gazette under sub-section (3).
Sanction to 33C. (1) The State Government may, not later than three months
draft Local from the date of receipt of draft Local Area plan from the Planning Authority
Area plan. or Appointed Authority, as the case may be, after consulting the Director
of Town Planning by notification in the Official Gazette, sanction the draft
Local Area plan submitted to it, either without modifications, or subject
to such modifications as it may consider proper, or return the draft Local
Area plan to the Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case
may be, for modifying the plan as it may direct or refuse to accord sanction
and direct the Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case may
be, to prepare a fresh Local Area plan:
Provided that, if the State Government does not publish its decision
by notification in the Official Gazette, regarding sanctioning the draft Local
Area plan submitted to it, or any action as contemplated above is not taken
within the period specified under this section, such draft Local Area plan
shall be deemed to have been sanctioned as submitted to it, and shall come
into force on the date immediately following the date of expiry of the period
specified under this section.
(2) The Local Area plan shall come into force from the date of
publication of notification in the Official Gazette under sub-section (1) and
shall be called the “Final Local Area plan”.
(3) The draft or final Development plan or Regional plan, as the case
may be, shall stand modified to the extent of such final Local Area plan.
Modification 33D. (1) The Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the
of final Local case may be, may or when so directed by the State Government or Director
Area plan. of Town Planning, at any time after a final Local Area plan has come
into operation, shall make any modification in such plan in the manner
hereinafter provided if in its opinion such modification is necessary.
(2) For the purpose of modifying a final Local Area plan under sub-
section (1), the Planning Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case
may be, shall publish a notice in the Official Gazette announce its intention
to make the modification specified in the notice and invite objections or
suggestions from any person with respect to such modification in writing
with reasons therefor within such period as may be specified in the notice.
The notice shall also be published in at least one newspaper having
wide circulation in the area and in such other manner as the Planning
Authority or Appointed Authority, as the case may be, may thinks fit in
the circumstances of each case and after considering the objections and
suggestions in respect of the draft modification, submit the proposed
modifications (with amendments, if any) to the State Government forमहाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७ 5
sanction within six months from the date of publication of notice in the
Official Gazette. If such proposal of modification is not submitted within
the period stipulated above, the proposal of modification shall be deemed
to have lapsed:
Provided that, such lapsing shall not bar the Planning Authority or
Appointed Authority, as the case may be, from making a fresh proposal.
(3) The State Government may approve the modification of the final
Local Area plan with such amendments, if any, as it may thinks fit, or
decide not to accord approval and shall publish a notification in the Official
Gazette, stating that the modification of the Local Area plan specified
therein has been approved with or without amendment or has not been
approved, as the case may be. In case the modification is approved, then
such notification shall also state the place where a copy of modification to
the Local Area plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours, and shall
specify therein a date on which the modification of the plan shall come
into operation.”.
7. After CHAPTER III-A of the principal Act, the following CHAPTER Insertion of
shall be inserted, namely :— Chapter III-B
after Chapter
III-A in Mah.
XXXVII of 1966.
“ CHAPTER III-B
Structure Plan
Declaration of intention, preparation, submission and
sanction to structure plan.
42H. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Declaration
Gazette, declare its intention to undertake Structure plan in respect of the of intention
area within any Region or any area of the Planning Authority or any area to prepare
Structure plan.
of the New Town Development Authority or part thereof under this Act, as
the case may be, either on its own or through the Planning Authority, New
Town Development Authority, any other statutory authority or an agency
owned and controlled by the Central Government or the State Government.
(2) The State Government shall declare its intention by a notice to
prepare a Structure plan; and shall dispatch a copy of such notice with a
copy of a plan showing only the boundary of the entire area proposed to
be included in the Structure plan to the concerned District Collector or
the Planning Authority or New Town Development Authority, as the case
may be.
(3) The State Government shall also publish a notice of such declaration
in the Official Gazette, and also in one or more local newspapers in the
prescribed manner.
(4) A copy of the aforesaid plan shall be open to the inspection of
the public at all reasonable hours at the office of the concerned District
Collector or Planning Authority or New Town Development Authority, as
the case may be.
42I. The State Government shall, at the time of declaration of Town Planning
intention to prepare Structure plan, appoint an officer not below the rank Officer.
of the Deputy Director of Town Planning, to be the Town Planning Officer
for formulating proposal of a Structure plan of the area within any Region
or any Planning Authority or any New Town Development Authority, as the
भााग आठ-७८–२6 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७
case may be, considering the interaction of the area under Structure plan
with the outside area through National and State highways, district roads,
railways, water-ways, airports, etc., as well as regional and town level
geographic features like lakes, rivers and nallahs, hills, forest areas, etc.
Contents of 42J. A Structure plan shall generally indicate the manner in which
Structure the development of land in the area within any Region or any Planning
plan. Authority or any New Town Development Authority, as the case may be,
shall be carried out respecting the basic structure of the area. In particular,
it shall indicate as well as provide so far as may be, necessary for all or any
of the following matters, that is to say,—
(a) transport and communications, such as roads, classified roads,
railways, water-ways, canals and airports, including their extension
and development;
(b) the road infrastructure, other than classified roads, to be
indicated and provided shall be as below :—
(i) in case of Nagar Panchayats and Non-Municipal Towns,
minimum road width of 9 metres and above;
(ii) in case of ‘B’ and ‘C’ Class Municipal Councils, minimum
road width of 12 metres and above;
(iii) in case of ‘A’ Class Municipal Councils and ‘D’ Class
Municipal Corporation, minimum road width of 15 metres and
above;
(iv) in case of all other Planning Authorities or any New
Town Development Authorities or any Region, minimum road
width of 18 metres and above.
(c) regional or town level mobility plan containing inter and intra
city connectivity;
(d) regional or town level amenities such as water supply,
drainage, sewerage, sewage disposal, solid waste management or other
public utilities and services including electricity and gas;
(e) preservation, conservation and development of areas of natural
endowment and landscape;
(f) regional or town level parks;
(g) other regional or town level public amenities as may be
approved by the State Government, from time to time.
Preparation and 42K. (1) The Town Planning Officer shall not later than six months
publication of from the date of publication of notice under section 42H, prepare the
notice of draft
Structure plan and publish a notice in the Official Gazette, and in such
Structure plan.
other manner as may be determined by him stating that the Structure plan
has been prepared. The notice shall state that objections and suggestions
are invited from the public within a period of thirty days from the date of
publication of notice in the Official Gazette :
Provided that, the State Government may, on an application of the
Town Planning Officer, by an order in writing, and for reasons to be
recorded, extend the period for preparation and publication of notice of
Structure plan by a further period of three months.महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७ 7
(2) The notice shall state the name of the place where a copy of
Structure plan shall be available for inspection by the public. The notice
shall also state that copies of the maps, charts and a report explaining the
provisions of the Structure plan are available for inspection by the public
and certified copies thereof, or extracts therefrom, are also available for
sale to the public at a reasonable price at the place so named.
42L. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, if within the time Objections to
allowed under sub-section (1) of section 42K, any person communicates in draft Structure
writing to the Town Planning Officer any suggestion or objection relating plan.
to the draft Structure plan, the Town Planning Officer shall forward the
suggestions or objections received by him alongwith draft Structure plan
to the Planning Committee.
(2) The Director of Town Planning, Maharashtra State shall appoint
the Planning Committee within fifteen days from the date of publication
of draft Structure plan in the Official Gazette under section 42K.
(3) The Planning Committee shall consist of the following members,
namely :—
(i) Divisional Joint Director of the Town Planning and Valuation
Department;
(ii) District Collector or an officer not below the rank of Deputy
Collector nominated by him or administrative head of the Planning
Authority or an Officer nominated by him in case of Municipal
Corporations or both;
(iii) persons not exceeding two, having special knowledge or
practical experience of matters relating to section 42J.
42M. (1) The Planning Committee shall on receipt of objections and Submission of
suggestions from Town Planning Officer, make such enquiry as it may draft Structure
plan.
consider necessary, and give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to any
person including representatives of Departments of the State Government
who may have filed any objection or made any suggestions in respect of
the draft Structure plan.
(2) In case of area within the Planning Authority or New Town
Development Authority, as the case may be, the Planning Committee shall,
before submitting the draft Structure plan to the State Government, within
seven days after the specified thirty days period as mentioned in sub-section
(1) of section 42K, forward a copy of all such objections and suggestions to
the Planning Authority or New Town Development Authority.
(3) The Planning Authority or New Town Development Authority
shall forward its remarks on all such objections and suggestions and its
say on draft Structure plan to the Planning Committee within a period
of one month from the date of receipt of the copies of such objections and
suggestions.
(4) The Planning Committee shall after considering the same, submit
its report and list of such modifications or changes and carry out the
same in the draft Structure plan, as it may consider proper, to the State
Government for sanction within a period of two months from the date of
its appointment or by a further extended period as specified by the Director
of Town Planning, Maharashtra State, not exceeding one month.
भााग आठ-७८–३8 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७
(5) The particulars referred to in sub-section (2) of section 42K shall
also be submitted to the State Government.
Sanction to draft 42N. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section and not later than six
Structure plan. months from the date of receipt of draft Structure plan from the Planning
Committee, the State Government shall, after consulting the Director of
Town Planning, Maharashtra State by notification in the Official Gazette
sanction the Structure plan for the whole area or separately for any part
thereof, either without modification, or subject to such modifications as it
may consider proper:
Provided that, the State Government may by notification in the Official
Gazette extend the period for sanctioning the draft Structure plan by three
months.
(2) If the Government does not publish its decision by notification
in the Official Gazette, regarding sanctioning the draft Structure plan
submitted to it, for the whole area, or separately for any part thereof,
either without modification, or subject to such modifications as it may
consider proper, within the period specified in sub-section (1) then such
draft Structure plan shall be deemed to have been sanctioned as submitted
to the Government under section 42M, on the date immediately following
the date of expiry of the period specified in sub-section (1).
(3) Where the modifications proposed to be made by the State
Government or submitted by the Planning Committee under section 42M
and proposed to be approved by the State Government, without any further
change, are of a substantial nature with respect to the draft Structure plan
published under section 42K, the State Government shall publish a notice in
the Official Gazette and also in not less than two local newspapers inviting
objections and suggestions from any person in respect of the proposed
modifications within a period of thirty days, from the date of such notice.
(4) In this section, the expression “substantial nature” used in
relation to the modification made or proposed to be approved by the State
Government in the draft Structure plan means,—
(a) any modification to a reserved site resulting in reduction of
its area by more than fifty per cent.;
(b) insertion of a new road or a new reservation or modification
of a reserved site or a proposed road widening resulting in inclusion
of any additional land not so affected previously.
(5) The State Government may appoint an officer not below the rank
of Joint Director of Town Planning and direct him to hear any such person
in respect of such objections and suggestions and submit his report thereon
to the State Government within six months from the date of publication of
notice under sub-section (3). The State Government shall before according
sanction to the draft Structure plan take into consideration such objections
and suggestions and the report of such Officer.
(6) The State Government shall take final decision in consultation with
Director of Town Planning, Maharashtra State, regarding modifications of
substantial nature within six months from the date of receipt of the report
from the Officer appointed under sub-section (5).
(7) The State Government shall, in the notification under sub-section
(1), fix a date not earlier than one month from its publication on which the
final Structure plan shall come into operation.महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७ 9
(8) If a Structure plan contains any proposal for the designation of
any land for a purpose specified in section 42J, and if such land does
not vest in the Appropriate Authority or Planning Authority, the State
Government shall not include that proposal in the Structure plan, unless it
is satisfied that the Appropriate Authority or Planning Authority shall be
able to acquire such land by private agreement or compulsory acquisition
not later than twenty years from the date on which the Structure plan
comes into operation, subject to the provisions of this Act, be binding on
the Appropriate Authority or Planning Authority.
42O. Where any land has not been acquired within a period of twenty Obligation
years from the date on which final Structure plan comes into force, any owner to acquire
reserved lands.
of the land may, by notice in writing served on the Planning Authority, the
Development Authority or, as the case may be, the Appropriate Authority,
require it to acquire his interest therein; and thereupon, the provision of
section 127 providing for lapsing of reservations shall apply in relation to
such land as they apply in relation to land reserved under any plan under
this Act.”.
8. In section 59 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words Amendment of
“suitable amendment of the Development plan” the words “suitable amendment section 59 of
Mah. XXXVII
of the final Development plan or Regional plan” shall be substituted.
of 1966.
9. After section 60 of the principal Act, the following section shall be Insertion of new
inserted, namely :— section after
section 60 in
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
“60A. Every Planning Authority shall, at the time of declaration of Town Planning
intention to prepare town planning scheme, appoint a person possessing Officer for
scheme.
such qualifications as may be prescribed, to be the Town Planning Officer
for carrying out necessary surveys and analysis of the area under the draft
town planning scheme, prepare reconstituted plots, redistribution of such
reconstituted plots, determine original plot value, semi-final value and
final value, determine the compensation and incremental contribution, cost
of scheme and any other thing required to be done in preparation of draft
scheme including assisting the Director of Town Planning, Arbitrator and
Tribunal of Appeal.”.
10. In section 61 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following Amendment of
sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— section 61 of
Mah. XXXVII
of 1966.
“(2) If the Planning Authority fails to make a draft scheme and publish
a notice regarding its making within the period specified in sub-section (1)
or within the period extended under sub-section (3), any work remaining
to be done upto the stage of submission of the draft scheme under section
67 shall be completed by the concerned Divisional Joint Director of Town
Planning and Valuation Department or an officer nominated by him not
below the rank of an Assistant Director of Town Planning, as the case
may be. The said Officer shall exercise all the powers and perform all the
duties of a Planning Authority which may be necessary for the purpose of
preparing a draft scheme and submitting it to the State Government for
sanction:
भााग आठ-७८–३अ10 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७
Provided that, the said Officer shall exercise all the power and perform
all the duties of the Planning Authority within such period as may be
specified by an order by the Director of Town Planning, having regard to
the stage of preparation of draft scheme but not exceeding original period
stipulated under the relevant section.”.
Amendment of 11. In section 64 of the principal Act, in clause (g-1), in the proviso, in
section 64 of paragraph (I), after the words “under the scheme” the words “and the part of it
Mah. XXXVII may also be utilized to set-off incremental contribution payable by the owners
of 1966. included in the scheme” shall be inserted.
Amendment of 12. In section 68 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), the following
section 68 of proviso shall be added, namely :—
Mah. XXXVII
“Provided that, the State Government may, by notification in the
of 1966.
Official Gazette, extend, from time to time, the period for sanctioning the
draft scheme or refusing to accord sanction thereto, by such further period
not exceeding three months in aggregate.”.
Amendment of 13. In section 68A of the principal Act, after sub-section (3), the following
section 68A of sub-section shall be added, namely:-
Mah. XXXVII
“(4) If certain modifications in final Development plan or final
of 1966.
Regional plan are contained in the sanctioned draft scheme then the final
Development plan or final Regional plan shall be deemed to be modified to
the extent of such modifications.”.
Amendment of 14. In section 70 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the words
section 70 of “the State Government may” the words “or suo-moto,” shall be inserted.
Mah. XXXVII
of 1966.
Amendment of 15. In section 71 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words,
section 71 of brackets, letters and figure “clause (xviii) of sub-section (3)” the words, brackets
Mah. XXXVII and figure “sub-section (7)” shall be substituted.
of 1966.
Amendment of 16. In section 72 of the principal Act, in sub-section (7),—
section 72 of
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
(i) in the proviso, in clause (a), after the words “in the draft scheme” the
words, figure and letter “except the land already vested in the Appropriate
Authority as per section 68A” shall be added;
(ii) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :—
“(a-1) he may rectify such errors or omissions which are not of
substantial nature;”;
(iii) in the Explanation, for the words “two lakhs rupees”, the words
“two crore rupees” shall be substituted.
Amendment of 17. In section 75 of the principal Act, for sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4),
section 75 of the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely :—
Mah. XXXVII of
“(1) The State Government may, if it thinks fit, constitute one or more
1966.
Tribunal of Appeal for single scheme or multiple schemes, as the case may
be, which shall consist of a President and two Assessors.
(2) The President shall,—
(a) in Brihan Mumbai, be the Principal Judge of the Bombay City
Civil Court or any person who has held the post of the Principal Judge
of Bombay City Civil Court or such other Judge of the said Court as
may be appointed by the State Government on the recommendation of
the Principal Judge or any person who has held the post of the Director
of Town Planning of the Government of Maharashtra; andमहाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७ 11
(b) elsewhere, be the District Judge or the Civil Judge Senior
Division or any person who has held the post of District Judge or Civil
Judge Senior Division, as may be appointed by the State Government
on the recommendation of the District Judge or any person who has
held the post not below the rank of Joint Director of Town Planning of
the State Government or any person who has held the post not below
the rank of Joint Secretary of Law and Judiciary Department of the
State of Maharashtra.
(3) The Government shall appoint fit and proper person as Assessor,
who shall as far possible have knowledge, or experience of town planning,
valuation of land or civil engineering and who shall have such eligibility
as may be prescribed.
(4) The President and the Assessor shall be appointed members of the
Tribunal of Appeal for such period as may be required by such Tribunal to
decide an appeal made against the decision under clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v)
and clauses (vii) to (xiii) (both inclusive) of sub-section (6) of section 72.”.
18. In section 79 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words, Amendment of
brackets, letters and figure “clauses (iv) to (xi) (both inclusive) and clauses section 79 of
Mah. XXXVII of
(xiv), (xv) and (xvi) only of sub-section (3)”, the words, brackets, letters and
1966.
figure “clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and clauses (vii) to (xiii) (both inclusive) of sub-
section (6)” shall be substituted.
19. In section 82 of the principal Act,— Amendment of
section 82 of
(i) in sub-section (1), for the words, brackets, letters and figure Mah. XXXVII of
“ clauses (iv) to (xi) and clauses (xiv), (xv) and (xvi) of sub-section (3) ”, the 1966.
words, brackets, letters and figure “ clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and clauses
(vii) to (xiii) of sub-section (6) ” shall be substituted ;
(ii) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets, letters and figure
“ under clause (xviii) of sub-section (3) ” the words, brackets and figure
“ under sub-section (7) ” shall be substituted.
20. In section 86 of the principal Act, to sub-section (1), the following Amendment of
provisos shall be added, namely :— section 86 of
Mah. XXXVII of
“ Provided that, the period specified in clauses (a) and (b) may be 1966.
extended by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette,
for a further period of two months in case of preliminary scheme and three
months in case of final scheme:
Provided further that, if the State Government does not publish its
decision by notification in the Official Gazette, regarding sanctioning
the preliminary scheme or final scheme submitted to it, either without
modification, or subject to such modifications as it may consider proper, or
refuse to give sanction to such preliminary scheme, or final scheme, as the
case may be, then such scheme shall be deemed to have been sanctioned as
submitted to the Government on the date immediately following the date
of expiry of the period under this section:
Provided also that, in case of schemes pending for sanction of the State
Government on the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Regional
Mah. XLIV and Town Planning (Amendment) Act, 2025, the Government may within
of 2025. six months sanction such scheme and if, the Government has failed to do
so or refuse to give sanction to the same within such period, the scheme
shall be deemed to have been sanctioned by the State Government.”.12 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७
Amendment of 21. In section 87 of the principal Act,—
section 87 of
Mah. XXXVII of (i) in sub-section (1), for the portion beginning with the words “If at any
1966. time” and ending with the words “should be withdrawn, the Arbitrator”,
the following shall be substituted, namely :—
“If at any time before the draft scheme is sanctioned by the State
Government, a representation is made to the Planning Authority
by majority of the owners in the area that the scheme should be
withdrawn, the Planning Authority,”;
(ii) in sub-section (2), for the word “scheme” the words “draft scheme”
shall be substituted.
Substitution 22. For section 91 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted,
of section 91 of namely :—
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
Power to vary “91.(1) If after the final scheme has come into force, the Planning
scheme on Authority considers that the scheme is defective on account of an
ground of error,
error, irregularity or informality or that the scheme needs variation or
irregularity or
modification of a minor nature, the Planning Authority may, by notification
informality.
in the Official Gazette, prepare a draft of such variation and publish a notice
in the Official Gazette, and in such other manner as may be prescribed
stating that a draft variation has been prepared.
(2) The notice of preparation of draft variation published under
sub-section (1) shall state every amendment proposed to be made in the
scheme, and if any such amendment relates to a matter specified in any
of the sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (ii-a) to (ii-h) of clause (b) of sub-section (1)
of section 59, the draft variation shall also contain such other particulars
as may be prescribed.
(3) The draft variation shall be open to the inspection of the public at
the office of the Planning Authority during office hours and copies of such
draft variation or any extract therefrom certified to be correct shall be made
available for sale to the public at a reasonable price.
(4) Any person affected by draft variation may communicate, in
writing, within one month from the date of publication of the notice
regarding preparation of draft variation, his objections to such variation,
to the Planning Authority and the Planning Authority shall submit the
said variation along with the report on such suggestions or objections with
the copies of it to the Government within a further period of one month.
(5) After receiving the suggestions or objections and the report of
Planning Authority under sub-section (4), the State Government may, after
consulting the Director of Town Planning and after making such enquiry
as it may think fit, by notification in the Official Gazette,—
(a) appoint an Arbitrator, and thereupon the provisions of this
Chapter shall, so far as may be, apply to such draft variation as if it
were a draft scheme submitted to the State Government for sanction; or
(b) sanction the variation with or without modifications; or
(c) refuse to sanction the variation.महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७ 13
(6) From the date of the notification sanctioning the variation, with
or without modifications, such variation shall take effect as if it were
incorporated in the scheme.”.
23. In section 99 of the principal Act,— Amendment of
section 99 of
(a) in sub-section (1), after the words “plot by the Arbitrator” the
Mah. XXXVII
following shall be substituted, namely :— of 1966.
“and from part of the proceeds from the sale of land referred to
in para (D) of sub-clause (ii) of clause (g-1) of section 64”.
24. In section 103 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after the words, Amendment of
brackets and letter “specified in clause (b)” the words, brackets, letter and figure section 103 of
Mah. XXXVII of
“and clause (g-1)” shall be inserted.
1966.
25. For section 110 of the principal Act, the following section shall be Substitution of
substituted, namely :— section 110 of
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
“110. After completing and meeting all the costs of a scheme as Disposal
provided in this Act, if any amount from the sums paid to the Planning of surplus
amount.
Authority under this Act remains as surplus, the Planning Authority shall,
with the prior approval of Joint Director of Town Planning of concerned
division and in consultation with the owners of the plots, spend such surplus
amount,—
(a) for providing further amenities within the area of the
scheme; or
(b) for making and providing basic infrastructure in any other
town planning scheme within its jurisdiction.”.
26. In section 111 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words, Amendment of
brackets, letters and figure “clause (xvii) of sub-section (3)” the words, brackets, section 111 of
Mah. XXXVII of
letters and figure “clause (iv) of sub-section (4)” shall be substituted.
1966.
27. In section 112 of the principal Act, for the words “twenty rupees” the Amendment of
words “five thousand rupees” shall be substituted. section 112 of
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
28. In section 124E of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words Amendment of
“at the rate of eighteen per cent.” the words “at the rate of twelve per cent.” section 124E of
Mah. XXXVII of
shall be substituted.
1966.
29. In section 124F of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after the Amendment of
words “charitable institution” the words “or housing projects undertaken for section 124F of
economically weaker section or for lower income group under the “Pradhan Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
Mantri Awas Yojana” or development of any land or building on final plot of
town planning scheme” shall be added.
30. In section 124I of the principal Act, for the words “at the rate of Amendment of
eighteen per cent.” the words “at the rate of twelve per cent.” shall be substituted. section 124I of
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.
31. In section 125 of the principal Act, after the words “Regional plan,” Amendment of
the words “Structure plan” shall be inserted. section 125 of
Mah. XXXVII of
1966.14 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग आठ, ऑगस्ट २९, २०२५/भााद्रपद ७, शाके १९४७
Amendment of 32. In section 126 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the words
section 126 of “Regional plan,” the words “Structure plan” shall be inserted.
Mah. XXXVII
of 1966.
Amendment of 33. In section 158 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for clause (xxv),
section 158 of the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—
Mah. XXXVII of
1966. “(xxv) under section 72, the qualifications of a person to be appointed
as Arbitrator; the procedure to be followed by an Arbitrator, the manner
in which he shall give notices and the form in which arbitrator shall draw
the final town planning scheme;”.
Power to 34. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the
remove principal Act, as amended by this Act, the State Government may, by order
difficulties. published in the Official Gazette, give such direction, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the principal Act, as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient
for the purpose of removing the difficulty :
Provided that, no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period
of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may
be, after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature.
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RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD,
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