The Maharashtra Gunthewari Developments (Regularisation, Upgradation and Control) Act, 2001
The Maharashtra Gunthewari Developments (Regularisation, Upgradation and Control) Act, 2001
This Act regulates Gunthewari developments, which are unauthorized subdivisions of private plots created in Maharashtra before December 31, 2020. It applies to individual plot holders of these illegal layouts and local planning authorities such as municipal corporations. The legislation matters because it offers a legal pathway for residents to regularize their unauthorized properties by paying compounding fees and complying with basic layout planning conditions. In turn, local authorities are mandated to use these collected fees to install vital civic infrastructure like roads and drainage. Ultimately, this law protects citizens from having their homes demolished while bringing structural order to urban growth.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Regularisation of Gunthewari developments.
- 4. Procedure for regularisation.
- 5. Consequences of regularisation.
- 6. Upgradation of regularised Gunthewari Development.
- 7. Control of Gunthewari Development.
- 8. Power of entry.
- 9. Service of notice, etc.
- 10. Public notice how to be made known.
- 11. Notices, etc. to fix reasonable time.
- 12. Authentication of orders and documents.
- 13. Offences by companies.
- 14. Withdrawal of cases and compounding of offences.
- 15. Jurisdiction of courts.
- 16. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 17. Members and officers to be public servants.
- 18. Finality of orders.
- 19. Power to delegate.
- 20. Powers of Planning Authority to be exercised by certain officers.
- 21. Control by State Government.
- 22. Returns and information.
- 23. Power to make rules.
- 24. Power to make regulations.
- 25. Repeal of Mah. Ord. XIII of 200l and saving.
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