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In a landmark decision, the state government has asked
Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to submit a
report on 67 plots allotted during the tenure of three former chief
ministers — Vilasrao Deshmukh, Ashok Chavan and Sushilkumar Shinde.
The government has ordered the authority to cancel the allotment of the plots which are not being used and reclaim them from whomsoever they might have been allotted to.
Minister of state for housing Sachin Ahir said that the state has asked Mhada to conduct a survey and find which plots are lying vacant. If a plot is found to be vacant for more than five years, Mhada has been told to cancel the allottment and use it for affordable housing schemes.
Some plots allotted to various political outfits have not yet been developed, and Mhada can still revoke the allotments and reclaim its land. The plots allotted are at prime locations, including Oshiwara, Versova, Juhu, Kalina and Goregaon.
Ahir said that most of these plots were allotted to bodies having political backing to construct hospitals or schools, but they have not been utilised by the allottees. Hence, there’s no point in keeping the property on hold for a long time, especially when the state is facing an acute shortage of affordable homes.
The former CMs exercised their power to allot the plots to political leaders, housing societies and NGOs under the provision of Regulation 16(A) of the Mhada Act, 1976, which allows the Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board, a Mhada unit, to allot any tenement in any building to any person after directions from the government.
Ahir said that nearly 107 plots in the city admeasuring nearly 2 lakh sqmt were allotted. The market value of the plots, most of which are between Bandra and Andheri, is Rs5,000 crore, say realty experts.
The government has ordered the authority to cancel the allotment of the plots which are not being used and reclaim them from whomsoever they might have been allotted to.
Minister of state for housing Sachin Ahir said that the state has asked Mhada to conduct a survey and find which plots are lying vacant. If a plot is found to be vacant for more than five years, Mhada has been told to cancel the allottment and use it for affordable housing schemes.
Some plots allotted to various political outfits have not yet been developed, and Mhada can still revoke the allotments and reclaim its land. The plots allotted are at prime locations, including Oshiwara, Versova, Juhu, Kalina and Goregaon.
Ahir said that most of these plots were allotted to bodies having political backing to construct hospitals or schools, but they have not been utilised by the allottees. Hence, there’s no point in keeping the property on hold for a long time, especially when the state is facing an acute shortage of affordable homes.
The former CMs exercised their power to allot the plots to political leaders, housing societies and NGOs under the provision of Regulation 16(A) of the Mhada Act, 1976, which allows the Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board, a Mhada unit, to allot any tenement in any building to any person after directions from the government.
Ahir said that nearly 107 plots in the city admeasuring nearly 2 lakh sqmt were allotted. The market value of the plots, most of which are between Bandra and Andheri, is Rs5,000 crore, say realty experts.
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