The state government has recently issued an order, specifying details of how housing societies can go about applying the transfer process.
The state has decided to appoint competent authorities to help facilitate the process for the deemed conveyance (which means transfer of land title from landlord to society) .
The district deputy registrars and Joint Registrars of cooperative housing societies have been appointed as competent authority to handle and take care of applications received from housing societies for transfer of land.
Mumbai city has three deputy registrars for this – one for the city, one for the western suburbs and one for the eastern suburbs. and Navi Mumbai has a Joint Registrar of Cidco.
In 2008, the state had made amendments to the Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act, 1970.
In September 2010, the state published the same Act with the same set of amendments. The recent order issued has cleared the issues prevalent previously . According to a senior official “The previous orders did not specify how to process applications received from societies on a single plot".
The official further states that “The new order specifies that the competent authority can initiate the process of deemed conveyance where one or more than one building on a single plot, is fully developed".
According to a rough estimate, around 65-75% of housing societies in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai are yet to get the deemed conveyance. Around 80,000 housing societies exist across the state ofMaharashtra . The maximum numbers are in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur
Cooperative housing societies that fall under the aegis of Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority and City and Industrial Development Corporation can also approach special competent authorities appointed for them for the purpose of land transfer.
The state has decided to appoint competent authorities to help facilitate the process for the deemed conveyance (which means transfer of land title from landlord to society) .
The district deputy registrars and Joint Registrars of cooperative housing societies have been appointed as competent authority to handle and take care of applications received from housing societies for transfer of land.
Mumbai city has three deputy registrars for this – one for the city, one for the western suburbs and one for the eastern suburbs. and Navi Mumbai has a Joint Registrar of Cidco.
In 2008, the state had made amendments to the Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act, 1970.
In September 2010, the state published the same Act with the same set of amendments. The recent order issued has cleared the issues prevalent previously . According to a senior official “The previous orders did not specify how to process applications received from societies on a single plot".
The official further states that “The new order specifies that the competent authority can initiate the process of deemed conveyance where one or more than one building on a single plot, is fully developed".
According to a rough estimate, around 65-75% of housing societies in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai are yet to get the deemed conveyance. Around 80,000 housing societies exist across the state of
Cooperative housing societies that fall under the aegis of Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority and City and Industrial Development Corporation can also approach special competent authorities appointed for them for the purpose of land transfer.