Part VIII, Ex. No.30, MAHARASHTRA ACT No.XVIII OF 2025, An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Government Gazette, on the 27th March 2025.

महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र

असाधारण भाग आठ

वर्ष ११, अंक ११] गुरुवार, मार्च २७, २०२५/चैत्र ६, शके १९४७ [पृष्ठे २, किंमत : रुपये २७.००

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विधि व न्याय विभागाकडून आलेली विधेयके (इंग्रजी अनुवाद).

In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in English of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Mah. Act No. XVIII of 2025), is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

SATISH WAGHOLE,

Secretary (Legislation) to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XVIII OF 2025.

(First published, after having received the assent of the Governor in the "Maharashtra Government Gazette", on the 27th March 2025.)

An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.

Mah. XLI of 1966.

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :–1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code Short title. (Amendment) Act, 2025. (१) भाग आठ-३०----१ २ महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग आठ, मार्च २७, २०२५/चैत्र ६, शके १९४७ Mah. XLI of 1966. 2. In section 220 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, after the second proviso, the following proviso and Explanation shall be added, namely :— Amendment of section 220 of Mah. XLI of 1966. " Provided also that, if the property is not subsequently sold as aforesaid or returned or granted on tenure to the defaulter within a period of twelve years from the date of purchase on behalf of the State Government, the Collector may, by notice to the defaulter or his legal heir, ascertain his willingness to have the land returned back to him ; and if the defaulter or his legal heir gives his willingness to have such land returned back and pays an amount of five per cent. of the market value of such land for the year in which the land is returned or granted to the defaulter or his legal heir within such period, which shall not be less than ninety days, as may be specified by the Collector in the notice issued in this behalf, then the land shall be returned and granted to the defaulter or his legal heir subject to restrictions on right to transfer without prior permission from the State Government.

Explanation.— For the purposes of this section, "the market value of such land" means the value of such land specified in the Annual Statement of Rates published under the provisions of the Maharashtra Stamp (Determination of True Market Value of Property) Rules, 1995 or any other Rules for the time being in force, in this regard for the relevant year, and where such Annual Statement of Rates are not prepared or available, it means the value of such land as determined by the Assistant Director of the Town Planning Department of the concerned District.".