Revenue Minister Orders Faster Deemed Conveyance for 70,000 Housing Societies

Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule chaired a special meeting at Mantralaya on 19 August 2026 to review the state's long-pending deemed conveyance backlog and the hurdles facing self-redevelopment projects. Of the roughly 1.15 lakh cooperative housing societies registered in Maharashtra, an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 have still not obtained deemed conveyance — the legal document that transfers land and building title from a builder to the society. MLAs Pravin Darekar and Sanjay Kelkar attended the meeting.

Property records to reflect society ownership directly

Bawankule directed officials from the Revenue, Cooperation, Land Records and Inspector General of Registration departments to coordinate and clear the backlog. A key instruction: wherever applicable, a registered housing society's name should be recorded directly on the property card or in the 'other rights' column of the 7/12 extract, making the transfer of title easier to establish without a separate, drawn-out conveyance process for every society.

MHADA tax relief and self-redevelopment incentives

The meeting also flagged that non-agricultural assessment tax is still being collected from some MHADA housing societies despite the government having earlier abolished the levy for them; Bawankule ordered officials to fix the discrepancy. On self-redevelopment, many societies remain outside the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR), so the minister directed officials to implement the 10% incentive and tax concessions promised under a 2019 government resolution, and to prepare standard draft formats for work contracts and development agreements. The Housing Department has also been asked to propose a further 4% concession to the Finance Department, and a clearer procedure is to be drawn up for flats reserved under Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) provisions.

What this means for housing societies

• Societies still waiting on deemed conveyance should check with their Sub-Registrar whether their name can now be entered directly on the property card or 7/12 'other rights' column, rather than pursuing a fresh conveyance deed application.
• MHADA societies still being billed non-agricultural assessment tax should raise the discrepancy with their local revenue office, citing the government's earlier abolition of the levy.
• Societies planning self-redevelopment outside UDCPR areas should watch for the standard work-contract and development-agreement drafts and the 10% incentive once officials notify the implementation details.
• Societies with flats under ULC reservations should track the promised clarification, since the lack of a defined procedure has been a common source of delay.

The directions were issued at the meeting itself, with implementation left to the respective departments; no fixed deadline was announced for the property-card changes or the self-redevelopment incentive rollout. Societies with pending deemed conveyance applications should follow up with their local Sub-Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies in the coming weeks to check whether the streamlined process has reached their office.