L. C. BILL No. XVI OF 2025.

A BILL

further to amend the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and

Redevelopment) Act, 1971.

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Slum Areas

(Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 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 Slum Areas (Improvement,

Clearance and Redevelopment) (Third Amendment) Act, 2025.

Short title.

Mah.

XXVIII

of 1971.

महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र

असाधाारण भााग आठ

वर्षष ११, अंक ४३]

गुरुवार, डि’सेंबर ११, २०२५/अग्रहाायण २०, शकेे १९४७

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असाधाारण क्रमांं�क १०४

प्रााधि�कृृत प्रकााशन

महाारााष्ट्र वि�धाानमंडळााचेे अधि�नि�यम व रााज्यपालांं�नी प्रख्यापि�त केलेले अध्यादेेश व केलेले

वि�नि�यम आणि� वि�धि� व न्याय वि�भाागाकडून आलेली वि�धेेयके (इंंग्रजी अनुवाद).

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

in English of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) (Third

Amendment) Bill, 2025 (L. C. Bill No. XVI of 2025), introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

on the 11^th December 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.

RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528

भााग आठ-१०४–१.

एचबीी-२४७२–१.

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महाराष्ट्रõ शासन रा

असाधारण भाग आठ, डिसेंबर ११, २०२५/अग्रहायण २०, शके १

2.  In section 34A of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement,

Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, for sub-section (1), the following

sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-

‘‘(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette,

constitute, the Apex Grievance Redressal Committee or Committees,

for such area as may be specified in the notification, consisting of the

Chairperson and such number of members and for the purposes of

exercising such powers and performing such functions as the Government

may deem fit to assign to it under this Act.”.

Mah.

XXVIII

of 1971.

Amendment

of section

34A of

Mah. XXVIII

of 1971.

महाराष्ट्रõ शासन रा

असाधारण भाग आठ, डिसेंबर ११, २०२५/अग्रहायण २०, शके १

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment)

Act, 1971 (Mah. XXVIII of 1971) has been enacted to provide for the improvement

and clearance of slum areas in the State and their redevelopment and for the

protection of occupiers from eviction and distress warrant. The said Act also

provide for implementation of the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme as well as Slum

Redevelopment Projects.

2.  Section 34A of the said Act provides for constitution of the Apex

Grievance Redressal Committee having jurisdiction all over the State of

Maharashtra. The Apex Grievance Redressal Committee is constituted for

the purposes of exercising the powers and performing the functions as may be

assigned to it under the said Act. Large number of cases are currently pending

before the Apex Grievance Redressal Committee due to which the Committee is

unable to address the grievances and timely dispose off the appeals filed before

it. Therefore, for smooth functioning of the Committee and for timely addressing

the grievances and also to expedite the disposal of the appeals, it is considered

expedient to provide for constitution of Apex Grievance Redressal Committees by

amending section 34A of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance

and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, suitably.

3.  The Bill is intended to achieve the above objectives.

Nagpur,

EKNATH SHINDE,

Dated the 10^th December, 2025.

Deputy Chief Minister (Housing).

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