Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Maharashtra Proposes Replacing Dharavi Homes’ Ten-Year Transfer Bar
The Maharashtra government wants to change a rule for homes provided through the Dharavi redevelopment scheme.
Right now, people who receive these homes generally cannot sell, rent out or transfer them for 10 years.
They may transfer a home to a legal heir during that period.
The proposed change would remove this specific 10-year rule.
Instead, another housing law would apply until residents form a cooperative housing society.
After that, cooperative society law would set the transfer rules.
Breaking the current rule can lead to the home being taken back.
The proposal is part of four planned changes to Dharavi redevelopment regulations.
The Maharashtra government proposed replacing the 10-year restriction on transferring homes allotted under the Dharavi urban renewal scheme.
The current rule bars sale, lease, assignment or transfer for 10 years after possession, except to a legal heir.
Under the proposal, the Maharashtra Rent Control Act would apply until a cooperative housing society is formed.
After a society is formed, transfer rules would be governed by the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act.
The amendment is one of four proposed changes to Regulation 33(9)(A) governing redevelopment in the Dharavi Notified Area.
- Who
- The Maharashtra government proposed the amendment, affecting beneficiaries of homes allotted under the Dharavi urban renewal scheme.
- What
- It proposed replacing the 10-year bar on the sale, lease, assignment or transfer of allotted homes.
- Where
- The Dharavi Notified Area in Maharashtra.
- Why
- The proposal would change how transfers are regulated, using the Maharashtra Rent Control Act before a cooperative housing society forms and the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act afterward.
- Current restriction
- Allotted homes cannot generally be sold, leased, assigned or transferred for 10 years after possession.
- Current exception
- Transfer to a legal heir is permitted.
- Proposed interim law
- The Maharashtra Rent Control Act would apply until a cooperative housing society is formed.
- Proposed later law
- The Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act would apply after the society is formed.
- Regulation
- The proposal concerns Regulation 33(9)(A) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, 2034.
- Enforcement consequence
- A breach of the current restriction can result in the tenement being taken over by the Dharavi Redevelopment Project or Slum Rehabilitation Authority.
- Broader amendment
- The transfer-rule proposal is one of four changes concerning redevelopment in the Dharavi Notified Area.