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An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 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

(Amendment) Act, 2025.

Mah.

XLI of

1966.

Short title.

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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.

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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.)

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In section 220 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, after

the second proviso, the following proviso and Explanation shall be added,

namely :—

“ 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.”.

Amendment of

section 220 of

Mah. XLI of

1966.

Mah.

XLI of

1966.

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR,

RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD,

MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS,

21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.