Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Maharashtra Panel To Frame Policy For Pre-2011 Encroachments
The Maharashtra government wants to decide whether some old homes built on government land can be officially recognised.
A new committee will study homes in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
The homes must have existed before January 1, 2011.
The committee will look at land owned by both the state and the central government.
These three cities were not covered by an earlier state policy.
Officials from local governments, land offices and housing agencies will join the committee.
The panel will also study existing housing and slum-rehabilitation rules.
It has three months to suggest a complete policy.
The Maharashtra government has formed a 10-member committee on residential encroachments in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
The panel will examine encroachments on state and central government land that existed before January 1, 2011.
The three municipal areas were excluded from Maharashtra's March 25, 2026 regularisation decision.
The committee will be led by the Divisional Commissioner of the Konkan Division and include civic, revenue and housing authorities.
It must submit a final report with clear recommendations to the Revenue Department within three months.
- Who
- The Maharashtra government and a 10-member committee led by the Divisional Commissioner of the Konkan Division.
- What
- A policy will be framed for possible regularisation of residential encroachments on government land existing before January 1, 2011.
- When
- The committee must submit its report within three months; the earlier statewide policy decision was dated March 25, 2026.
- Where
- Within the limits of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Pune Municipal Corporation and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
- Why
- The three municipal areas were excluded from an earlier regularisation decision, requiring a separate policy framework.
- Committee size
- 10 members
- Cutoff date
- Before January 1, 2011
- Areas covered
- Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad
- Land examined
- State government and central government land
- Committee chair
- Divisional Commissioner of the Konkan Division
- Reporting deadline
- Within three months
- Earlier decision
- Maharashtra's March 25, 2026 policy excluded the three municipal areas