Overview
- The state issued a Government Resolution on September 24, 2026, creating a 10‑member high‑level committee chaired by the Konkan Divisional Commissioner to frame a policy for residential encroachments that predate January 1, 2011, in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri‑Chinchwad.
- Members include district collectors for Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban and Pune, representatives from the Slum Rehabilitation Authority, officials from BMC, PMC and PCMC, and Superintendents of Land Records, with the Konkan office's Joint Commissioner serving as member secretary.
- The committee must review existing schemes and rules, including SRA and MHADA guidelines, reconcile overlapping land records and municipal plans, and resolve legal and administrative gaps before recommending an operational approach.
- It has a strict three‑month deadline to carry out consultations, land assessments and stakeholder reviews and then submit a final report with clear recommendations to the Revenue Department.
- If adopted, the panel's work would extend the March 25, 2026 state policy that regularised encroachments on state land to now cover encroachments on central government and PSU land inside municipal limits, a change that will require negotiated agreements and will directly affect tenure security for thousands of residents.