URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Mantralaya, Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk,

Mumbai 400 032, dated the 3rd November 2025.

MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No. XI OF 2025.

AN ORDINANCE

further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, the Maharashtra

Municipal Corporations Act and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils,

Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.

WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session ;

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that

circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action

further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, the Maharashtra

Municipal Corporations Act and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar

Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965, for the purposes hereinafter

appearing ;

III of

1888.

LIX of

1949.

Mah.

XL of

1965.

महाारााष्ट्र� शाासन रााजपत्र

असाधाारण भााग आठ

वर्षष ११, अंक ३८(२)]

सोमवार, नोव्हेंबर ३, २०२५/कार्ति•िक १२, शकेे १९४७

[पृष्ठे ५, किं�ंमत : रुपयेे २७.००

असाधाारण क्रमांं�क ८४

प्रााधि�कृृत प्रकााशन

महाारााष्ट्र वि�धाानमंडळााचेे अधि�नि�य

म व रााज्यपाालांं�नी प्रााख्यापि�त

केलेले अध्यादेेश व केलेले वि�नि�य

म आणि�

वि�धीी व न्याय वि�भाागाकडून आलेली वि�धेेयकेे (इंंग्रजी अनुवाद).

In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation

in English of the Mumbai Municipal Corpporation, Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and

Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2025 (Mah. Ord. XI 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.

[Translation in English of the Mumbai Municipal Corpporation, Maharashtra Municipal

Corporations and Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships

(Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Mah. Ord. XI of 2025), is hereby published under the authority of

the Governor].

RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528

(१)

भााग आठ-८४–१

महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधाारण भााग आठ, नोव्हेंबर ३, २०२५/कार्ति•िक १२, शकेे १९४७

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of

article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra is hereby

pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely :—

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Mumbai Municipal Corporation,

Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and Maharashtra Municipal Councils,

Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

CHAPTER II

AMENDMENTS TO THE MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT.

2. In section 5B of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (hereinafter,

in this Chapter, referred to as “the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act”), for

the existing provisos, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely :—

“Provided that, a person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee

for the verification of his Caste Certificate before the date of filing of the

nomination papers, but who has not received the Validity Certificate on

the date of filing of the nomination papers shall submit, alongwith the

nomination papers,-

(i) a true copy of the application submitted by him to the Scrutiny

Committee for issuance of the Validity Certificate or any other proof

of having made such application to the Scrutiny Committee ; and

(ii) an undertaking that he shall submit the Validity Certificate

issued by the Scrutiny Committee, within a period of six months from

the date on which he is declared elected :

Provided further that, if such person fails to produce the Validity

Certificate within a period of six months from the date on which he is

declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been terminated

retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a Councillor.”.

3. In section 37 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in sub-section

(2A), for the existing provisos, the following provisos shall be substituted,

namely :—

“Provided that, a person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee

for the verification of his Caste Certificate before the date of filing of the

nomination papers, but who has not received the Validity Certificate on

the date of filing of the nomination papers shall submit, alongwith the

nomination papers,—

(i) a true copy of the application submitted by him to the Scrutiny

Committee for issuance of the Validity Certificate or any other proof

of having made such application to the Scrutiny Committee ; and

(ii) an undertaking that he shall submit the Validity Certificate

issued by the Scrutiny Committee, within a period of six months from

the date on which he is declared elected :

Amendment

of section

5B of III

of 1888.

Amendment

of section

37 of III

of 1888.

III of

1888.

Short title

and

commencement.

Provided further that, if such person fails to produce the Validity

Certificate within a period of six months from the date on which he is

declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been terminated

retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being the Mayor.”.

CHAPTER III

AMENDMENTS TO THE MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL

CORPORATIONS ACT.

4. In section 5B of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

(hereinafter, in this Chapter, referred to as “ the Maharashtra Municipal

Corporations Act”), for the existing provisos, the following provisos shall be

substituted, namely :—

“Provided that, a person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee

for the verification of his Caste Certificate before the date of filing of the

nomination papers, but who has not received the Validity Certificate on

the date of filing of the nomination papers shall submit, alongwith the

nomination papers,—

(i) a true copy of the application submitted by him to the Scrutiny

Committee for issuance of the Validity Certificate or any other proof

of having made such application to the Scrutiny Committee ; and

(ii) an undertaking that he shall submit the Validity Certificate

issued by the Scrutiny Committee, within a period of six months from

the date on which he is declared elected :

Provided further that, if such person fails to produce the Validity

Certificate within a period of six months from the date on which he is

declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been terminated

retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a Councillor.”.

5. In section 19 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, in

sub-section (1B), for the existing provisos, the following provisos shall be

substituted, namely :—

“Provided that, a person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee

for the verification of his Caste Certificate before the date of filing of the

nomination papers, but who has not received the Validity Certificate on

the date of filing of the nomination papers shall submit, alongwith the

nomination papers,—

(i) a true copy of the application submitted by him to the Scrutiny

Committee for issuance of the Validity Certificate or any other proof

of having made such application to the Scrutiny Committee ; and

(ii) an undertaking that he shall submit the Validity Certificate

issued by the Scrutiny Committee, within a period of six months from

the date on which he is declared elected :

Provided further that, if such person fails to produce the Validity

Certificate within a period of six months from the date on which he is

declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been terminated

retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being the Mayor.”.

LIX of

1949.

Amendment

of section

5B of LIX of

1949.

Amendment

of section 19

of LIX of

1949.

भााग आठ-८४–२

CHAPTER IV

AMENDMENTS TO THE MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS,

NAGAR PANCHAYATS AND INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIPS ACT, 1965.

6. In section 9A of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats

and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (hereinafter, in this Chapter, referred to as

“ the Municipal Councils Act ”), for the existing provisos, the following provisos

shall be substituted, namely :—

“ Provided that, a person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee

for the verification of his Caste Certificate before the date of filing of the

nomination papers, but who has not received the Validity Certificate on

the date of filing of the nomination papers shall submit, alongwith the

nomination papers,—

(i) a true copy of the application submitted by him to the Scrutiny

Committee for issuance of the Validity Certificate or any other proof

of having made such application to the Scrutiny Committee ; and

(ii) an undertaking that he shall submit the Validity Certificate

issued by the Scrutiny Committee, within a period of six months from

the date on which he is declared elected :

Provided further that, if such person fails to produce the Validity

Certificate within a period of six months from the date on which he is

declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been terminated

retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a Councillor.”.

7. In section 51-1B of the Municipal Councils Act, for the existing provisos,

the following proviso shall be substituted, namely :—

“Provided that, a person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee

for the verification of his Caste Certificate before the date of filing of the

nomination papers, but who has not received the Validity Certificate on

the date of filing of the nomination papers shall submit, alongwith the

nomination papers,—

(i) a true copy of the application submitted by him to the Scrutiny

Committee for issuance of the Validity Certificate or any other proof

of having made such application to the Scrutiny Committee ; and

(ii) an undertaking that he shall submit the Validity Certificate

issued by the Scrutiny Committee, within a period of six months from

the date on which he is declared elected :

Provided further that, if such person fails to produce the Validity

Certificate within a period of six months from the date on which he is

declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been terminated

retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a President.”.

Amendment

of section 9A

of Mah. XL of

1965.

Amendment

of section

51-1B of Mah.

XL of 1965.

Mah.

XL of

1965.

STATEMENT

Sections 5B and 37 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (III of 1888),

sections 5B and 19 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act (LIX of 1949)

and sections 9A and 51-1B of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar

Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965) provides

that, every person desirous of contesting election to a seat of Councillor or post

of Mayor or President reserved for person belonging to the Scheduled Castes,

Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes of Citizens, shall submit, alongwith the

nomination paper, Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority and the

Validity Certificate issued by the Scrutiny Committee in accordance with the

provisions of the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified

Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special

Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate

Act, 2000 (Mah. XXIII of 2001) and the rules made thereunder.

2. In the year 2025-2026 elections to local bodies are to be held in the

State on a large scale. The Caste Scrutiny Committees will receive large

number of applications for issuing Validity Certificates from candidates

who desire to contest such elections to reserved seats. Therefore, the Caste

Scrutiny Committees may get overburdened with the work of scrutiny of such

applications, before filing of nominations for such elections and such situation

may arise after every five years before such elections.

The prospective candidates may get deprived of the opportunity to contest

such elections for the reserved seats because of the non-issuance of the Caste

Validity Certificate by the Caste Scrutiny Committee in time. Therefore, the

Government considers it expedient to amend the said municipal laws suitably

with a view to allow the persons contesting elections for reserved seats and

who have applied to the Caste Scrutiny Committee for obtaining Caste Validity

Certificate, to submit the Validity Certificate within six months from the date on

which they are declared elected, and also to provide that if they fail to produce

the Validity Certificate within six months, their elections shall be deemed to

be terminated retrospectively.

3. As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session and the

Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render

it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the Mumbai

Municipal Corporation Act, the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial

Townships Act, 1965, for the purposes aforesaid, this Ordinance is promulgated.

Mumbai,

ACHARYA DEVVRAT,

Dated the 2nd November, 2025.

Governor of Maharashtra.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Maharashtra,

Dr. K. H. GOVINDA RAJ,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

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