L. A. BILL No. XXVIII OF 2026.

A BILL

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-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Second

Amendment) Act, 2026.

2. In section 37A of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966,—

(i) in sub-section (1),—

Mah.

XLI

of 1966.

Short title.

Amendment

of section

37A of Mah.

XLI of 1966.

Mah.

XLI

of 1966.

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MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT

The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 24th March,

2026 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :—

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असाधारण भाग पाच-अ, मार्च २४, २०२६/चैत्र ३, शके १

(a) for the words “taking the prior permission” the word “approval”

shall be substituted;

(b) the following proviso shall be added, namely :—

“Provided that, if sale, transfer, redevelopment, use of

additional Floor Space Index (FSI), transfer of Transferable

Development Rights (TDR) or change of use of any Government

land is approved by the Government by issuing Government

Resolution or general or special order on payment of premium

or Nazrana or charges and a share of unearned income before

the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Land Revenue

Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2012, then such approval shall

be deemed to be validly made as per the provisions of this Code.”;

(ii) in sub-section (2), for the word “permission” the word “approval”

shall be substituted.

Mah.

IV of

2015.

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असाधारण भाग पाच-अ, मार्च २४, २०२६/चैत्र ३, शके १

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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.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

Section 37A of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI

of 1966) provides that every sale, transfer, redevelopment, use of additional

Floor Space Index (FSI), transfer of Transferable Development Rights (TDR)

or change of use of any Government land in the State, which is granted for

various purposes under the provisions of this Code or rules made thereunder,

shall be subject to taking the prior permission of the State Government. The

said section is inserted in the said Code, by the Maharashtra Land Revenue

Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2012 (Mah. IV of 2015).

2.  Section 40 of the said Code provides that nothing contained in any

provision of this Code shall derogate from the right of the State Government to

dispose of any land, the property of Government, on such terms and conditions

as it deems fit. Prior to the said Amendment Act, the Government has been

disposing of the Government land, as per the provisions of the said Code mainly

section 40 and the Maharashtra Land Revenue (Disposal of Government Land)

Rules, 1971, by issuing necessary general or special orders subject to the terms

and conditions specified therein. Under the provisions of the said Code and

various Government Resolutions issued from time to time, the Government

has also been, regularising various transactions of the Government land by

charging nazrana, premium or unearned income.

3.  It is noticed that there are many transactions of Government land where

prior permission of the Government under section 37A has not been obtained.

The Government is not able to regularise such transactions which it could

do prior to the said Amendment Act. Therefore, the Government considers it

necessary to amend the said section 37A to provide for obtaining approval of

the Government for such transactions of Government land. It is also proposed

to specifically provide in the said Code that the approvals granted by the

Government to transactions of Government land by issuing general or special

orders on payment of premium or Nazrana or charges and a share of unearned

income prior to the Amendment Act shall be deemed to be validly made under

the provisions of the said Code.

4.  The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.

Mumbai,

CHANDRASHEKHAR BAWANKULE,

Dated the 23rd March, 2026. Minister for Revenue.

Vidhan Bhavan,

JITENDRA BHOLE,

Mumbai,

Secretary-1,

Dated 24th March, 2026.

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.