Overview

• State leaders announced the move after a joint meeting of the BMC and the urban development, revenue and cooperation departments at Mantralaya.
• The policy spans projects under BMC regulations as well as MHADA and SRA, aiming to resolve technical lapses, sanctioned-area discrepancies, setback issues and rule changes that blocked OCs.
• Housing societies can apply jointly or individually, with options for partial occupation certificates and, per accepted recommendations, deemed OCs in qualifying cases.
• Residents will not be penalised for developers’ failures to hand over reserved areas or flats, and applications will be processed through a new online system.
• An unnamed Urban Development Department official cautioned that only 5,500–7,000 buildings may ultimately qualify, contrasting with the publicly cited figure of more than 25,000.