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Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the ordinance amending the State’s Prevention of Land Fragmentation and its Consolidation of Land Holdings Act (Tukdebandi Act) has come into force from Tuesday, and hence the Prohibition of Land Fragmentation Act will no longer apply to land in areas permitted for non-agricultural use.
A gazette notification has been issued in this regard, which will regularize the land transactions conducted so far against the Prevention of Land Fragmentation and its Consolidation of Holdings Act (Fragmentation Act).
Minister Bawankule said that the lands of about 49 lakh family holders (about two crore family members) in the state will be regularized.
“All of them will have names on seven or 12 plots and they will be registered. With this ordinance, transfer of plots from November 15, 1965 to October 15, 2024 can be regularized without paying any fee,” he said.
“The detailed procedure to implement the ordinance will be issued by the Revenue Department in the next seven days. With this decision, the names of the owner as well as the plot holders in the layout will appear in the 7th and 8th phase, eliminating many confusions,” the minister said.
He also said that the Prevention of Land Fragmentation and Consolidation of Land Holdings Act (Fragmentation Act) implemented in the state was basically applicable to the agricultural sector.
He said that the Act prescribes the standard area required according to the type of land (orchard/cultivation) for profitable farming.
“This Act was not applicable to urban areas. However, due to increasing urbanization, people bought and sold areas less than this standard area in the vicinity of the city or villages as per their needs. The number of such plots in the state is about 49 lakh. To regularize these irregular transactions against the Fragmentation Act, the state government has issued an ordinance on November 3, 2025 which has come into force from Monday,” Minister Bawankule said.
According to the minister, the biggest benefit of this ordinance is that the transfer of shares (transactions) done from November 15, 1965 to October 15, 2024 will now be ‘treated as regular’ without charging any fee.
He said, “Buyers whose sale and purchase of plots have been registered but whose name is not mentioned on the 7/12 extract will now be included in the ownership in the 7/12 extract. Whereas, those who have made such transactions through unregistered documents can now get their name included in the ownership in the 7/12 extract by duly registering with the sub-registrar.”
Minister Bawankule said the new Maharashtra Regional Plan (MRTP) will be applicable to all places where non-agricultural use is permitted as per the provisions of the Land Fragmentation Prevention and its Holding Consolidation Act (Tukbandi Act) or the Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
The new MRTP will also be applicable in areas falling under authorities like MMRDA, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority and Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority and peripheral areas of cities/villages as per the provisions of the Special Planning Authority area.
–IANS
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