Maharashtra: Uniform property tax on illegal constructions

Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring uniformity in charges of regulating illegal constructions in the urban local bodies limit.

According to the present norms, the local urban bodies charges different rates at different locations to regulate the illegal constructions. In a Cabinet note on the same, it stated, "Now, this will be decided by the government, not the local urban bodies. Government will make the amendment in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Act 1818, section 152 (A). Besides, the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act will be also amended. The charges of regularising the illegal structures will be revised by the government from time to time. A person who is staying in a structure of 600 sq ft, does not need to pay the penalty. 

Structures between 6001 sq ft to 1000 sq ft, will have to pay 50 per cent of property tax each year, while the structure having more than 1000 sq ft of residential area will have to bear two times property tax on the illegal structure."

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Structures between 6001 sq ft to 1000 sq ft, will have to pay 50 per cent of property tax each year, while the structure having more than 1000 sq ft of residential area will have to bear two times property tax