Transfer to non-agriculturist for bona fide industrial use.

1[63-1A. Transfer to non-agriculturist for bona-fide industrial use.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 63, it shall be lawful for a person to sell land, without permission of the Collector, to any person who is or is not an agriculturist and who intends to convert the same to a bona fide industrial use 2[or for Integrated Township Projects, as the case may be,] where such land is located within,- 3[(i) the agricultural zone of a draft or final Regional Plan or draft or final Town Planning Scheme, as the case may be, prepared under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (Mah. XXXVII of 1966) or any other law for the time being in force, and plans or schemes and the development control regulations or rules framed under such Act or any of such laws for the time being in force permit industrial use of land; or]

1. (ii) the area where no such plan or scheme as aforesaid exists 4[or ]: 5[(iii) the area taken over by a private developer for development 6[of an Integrated Township Project: ] 7[Provided that, where such purchase of land is for bona fide industrial use, it shall be subject to the condition that such land shall be put to bona fide industrial use within a period of five years from the date of purchase: Provided further that, after the expiry of the aforesaid period of five years, an extension of time not exceeding further five years may be granted by the Collector on payment of non-utilization charges at the rate of two per cent. of the market value of such land per annum, where such market value is calculated as per the Annual Statement or Rates published under the Bombay Stamp (Determination of True Market Value of Property) Rules, 1995, as applicable on the date of grant of such extension of time: Provided also that, if the purchaser fails to put the land to bona fide industrial use within a period of five years or, where non-utilization charges as aforesaid have been paid, within a total period of ten years, then the Collector shall resume such land after giving one month's notice to the said defaulting purchaser, and the land so resumed by the Collector shall vest in the Government, free from all encumbrances, and shall first be offered to the original land holder by way of grant, on the same tenure on which it was initially held by such land holder before its sale for such bona fide industrial use and at the same price at which it had been sold by the original land holder for such bona fide industrial use: Provided also that, if the original land holder fails to accept the offer to purchase the said land within a period of ninety days from the date of receipt of such offer from the Collector or having accepted such offer, fails to deposit with the Collector the required amount within a further period of ninety days, such land shall be auctioned for any use consistent with and permissible under the Development plan or Regional plan or Town Planning Scheme, as the case may be, if any, sanctioned under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (Mah. XXXVII of 1966) or any other law for the time being in force; and in both the cases, the defaulting purchaser shall only be entitled to compensation equal to the price at which such land had been purchased by him, and the Collector shall remit such compensation to the defaulting purchaser within a period of ninety days from the date of receipt of payment under the said auction:] Provided also that, the purchaser who fails to put the land to bona-fide industrial use within five years from the date of the purchase, and is on the date of coming into force of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2004 (Mah. XXV of 2005) holding such land without having been put to the bona-fide industrial use, shall be permitted to put such land to the bona-fide industrial use within the remaining period from the total period of fifteen years, subject to the condition that,

1. (a) In the land purchased under sub-section (1) was held by the seller as the Occupant Class-II, such purchaser land holder shall pay an additional amount equal to 48 per cent. of the price for which it was originally purchased and three times of an annual assessment of non-agricultural tax payable under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966) as a non-utilisation tax per year;
2. (b) if the land purchased under sub-section (1) was held by the seller as the Occupant Class-I, such purchaser land holder shall pay an amount equal to three times of an annual-assessment of the non-agricultural tax payable under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966) as a non-utilisation tax per year: Provided also that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to the areas notified as the Eco-sensitive zone by the Government of India;] Provided also that, where the land being sold is owned by a person belonging to the Scheduled Tribe, such sale of land shall be subject to the provisions of sections 36 and 36A of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966) and of the Maharashtra Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974 (Mah. XIV of 1975).

1. (2) If, the land being purchased under sub-section (1) is held by Occupant-Class II, the purchaser shall pay to the Collector, an amount equal to 8[two per cent. of the purchase price, in case the purchase of land is for bona-fide industrial use and fifty per cent. of the purchase if the purchase of land is for 9[for Integrated Township Project] within one month of the execution of the sale-deed irrespective of the tenure of such land. This payment shall be in lieu of any nazarana or such other charges which may otherwise be payable by such Occupant-Class II by or under the provisions of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966). In addition, the purchaser of such land shall pay the non-agricultural assessment as may be levied by the Collector under sections 67 and 115 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966): 10[Provided that, if such purchaser fails to deposit such amount within one month, then such purchaser shall pay to the Government an amount equal to seventy-five per cent. of the purchase price or the market value of the land as per the Annual Statement of Rates of that year, whichever is higher.]
2. (3) The person purchasing the land under sub-section (1) for conversion thereof for a bona fide industrial use, 11[or for Integrated Township Project, as the case may be] give intimation of the date, on which the change of user of the land commenced, within thirty days from such date, to the collector.
3. (4) If the person fails to inform the Collector within the period specified in sub-section (3), he shall be liable to pay in addition to the non-agricultural assessment which may be leviable by or under the provisions of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 such penalty not exceeding twenty times the amount of non-agricultural assessment as the Collector may, subject to the rules, if any, made by the State Government in this behalf, direct. 12[(5) If the person purchasing the land under sub-section (1) for conversion thereof for a bona fide industrial use, fails to utilize the said land for bona fide industrial use, fully or partly, and wants to sell the same before the expiry of the total specified period of ten years, he may, subject to the payment of non-utilization charges specified in the second proviso to sub-section (1), be permitted by the Collector to do so for the remaining period out of the specified period of ten years from the date of original purchase, subject to the following conditions, namely :-
   • (i) where the said land is to be sold for bona fide industrial use, the transferor shall have to deposit with the Collector the transfer charges at the rate of twenty-five per cent. of the market value of such land as per the current Annual Statement of Rates;
   • (ii) where the said land is to be sold for any non-agricultural purpose other than the bona fide industrial use, which is consistent with the draft or final Development plan or Regional plan or Town Planning Scheme, if any, made under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (Mah. XXXVII of 1966) or any other law for the time being in force, the transferor shall have to deposit with the Collector conversion charges equal to fifty per cent. of the market value of such land as per the current Annual Statement of Rates and in case of Occupant Class-II land, an additional amount equal to forty-eight per cent. of the price at which such land was originally purchased, in lieu of the nazarana]. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section,-
   • (a) the expression "bona fide industrial use" means the activity of manufacture, preservation of processing of goods, or any handicraft, or industrial business or enterprise, carried on by any person, 13[or the activity of tourism within the areas notified by the State Government as the tourist place or hill station,] and shall include construction of industrial buildings used for the manufacturing process or purpose, or 14[power projects and ancillary industrial usage like research and development units pertaining to bona fide industrial use, godown, canteen, office building of the industry concerned], or providing housing accomodation to the workers of the industry concerned, or establishment of an industrial estate including a co-operative industrial estate, service industry, cottage industry, gramodyog units or gramodyog vasahats. 15[(aa) "Integrated Township Project" means the Integrated Township Project or projects under the Regulations framed for development of Integrated Township by the Government under the provisions of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (Mah. XXXVII of 1966) or any other law for the time being in force].
   • (b) "Scheduled Tribes" means such tribes or tribal communities or parts of, or groups within, such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed to be Scheduled Tribes in relation to the State of Maharashtra under article 342 of the Constitution of India and persons, who belong to the tribes or tribal communities, or parts of, or groups within, tribes or tribal communities specified in Part IX of the Schedule to the Order made under the said article 342, but who are not resident in the localities specified in that order who nevertheless need the protection of this section (and it is hereby declared that they do need such protection) shall, for the purposes of this section, be treated in the same manner as members of the Scheduled Tribes].