Overview
- Ashish Shelar announced a state policy to grant occupation certificates to buildings built under BMC DCR, MHADA, SRA and other authorities that lacked OCs due to technical or administrative lapses.
- Housing societies may apply jointly or seek part-OCs, and recommendations to allow deemed OCs and preserve original building lines, heights, open space and parking were accepted.
- Residents will not be penalised for developers’ failures, though premiums must be paid where additional FSI has been used.
- The scope is contested, with the minister citing more than 25,000 buildings while an Urban Development Department official estimates only 5,500–7,000 may qualify and says wholly unauthorised structures will remain ineligible.
- In the Willingdon Heights case, BMC officials signalled the Rs 35 crore levy will be reassessed under the new framework, with charges likely recalculated under DCR 1991 rather than newer norms.