Archive · 14 Aug 2026
FIR after MHADA Konkan Board file on Thane plot missing
There is a very important paper file about a piece of land called Plot 67 in a city called Thane.
The file belonged to MHADA, a government group that helps build and manage housing in Maharashtra.
It was kept in an office in Bandra East, in the city of Mumbai.
One day, people found out the file was gone.
Nobody knows exactly when it disappeared, but officials think it might have been lost anytime between 1990 and 2023.
A person asked to see the file using a special law called RTI, which lets citizens ask the government for information.
When the file could not be found, a special commission told the police to investigate.
Now the police have registered a case against an unknown person.
A worker found a scanned copy of a different file, but the original file for Plot 67 is still missing.
The police are trying to figure out who took the file and why.
Kherwadi Police registered an FIR against an unidentified person after the original MHADA Konkan Board file for Plot 67 at Panchpakhadi, Thane, went missing from records in Bandra East.
The FIR alleges the records may have gone missing or been removed sometime between 1990 and 2023.
The matter surfaced after RTI applicant Jayraja Bolar Putran sought documents on Plots 67 and 68 on March 23, 2023, and record keeper Sachin Chavan could not locate the files.
On May 26, 2026, Chavan told the Maharashtra State Information Commission the documents were untraceable; the Commission ordered a thorough search and directed an FIR if the file was not found.
Complainant Shyam Pandurangrao More found a scanned copy for Plot 68, but Plot 67's original file remains missing; he approached the police on July 21, 2026.
- Who
- Kherwadi Police, complainant Shyam Pandurangrao More (Property Manager-1, Konkan Housing and Area Development Board), official Sachin Chavan, RTI applicant Jayraja Bolar Putran, and the Maharashtra State Information Commission.
- What
- An FIR was registered over the disappearance of the original MHADA Konkan Board file for Plot 67 at Panchpakhadi, Thane.
- When
- The file allegedly went missing between 1990 and 2023; the RTI request was filed on March 23, 2023; the Commission directed an FIR on May 26, 2026; More approached police on July 21, 2026; reported on August 13, 2026.
- Where
- Kherwadi Police station area, Mumbai; records maintained by the MHADA Konkan Board in Bandra East; the plot is located at Panchpakhadi, Thane.
- Why
- The file for the prime plot could not be located despite searches, so the Maharashtra State Information Commission ordered an FIR to investigate who removed it and why.
- Plot involved
- Plot 67, Panchpakhadi, Thane (prime location)
- Authority
- MHADA Konkan Board (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority)
- Records location
- Bandra East, Mumbai
- Complainant
- Shyam Pandurangrao More, 36, Property Manager-1
- RTI request
- Filed by Jayraja Bolar Putran on March 23, 2023, seeking Plots 67 and 68 documents
- Alleged missing period
- Between 1990 and 2023
- Commission order date
- May 26, 2026 — directed thorough search and FIR
- Police unit
- Kherwadi Police, Mumbai