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📍 Mira-Bhayander | Land & Housing | May 2025
✍️ Report by Dr. Danish Lambe
Mira-Bhayander: A silent but serious crisis is threatening the legal rights and redevelopment hopes of thousands of housing society residents. At the heart of this civic breakdown lies a confused land record system, where survey numbers, 7/12 extracts, DP remarks, and ownership data often contradict each other.
Years of negligence, poor coordination between departments, and non-updation of official records have led to a situation where even basic land identification has become a legal maze.
🧾 Multiple Records – No Single Truth
- Gat Books list one set of survey numbers and landholders,
- 7/12 Extracts show outdated or mismatched names and plot sizes,
- DP Remarks of MBMC are based on different calculations,
- Online records don’t match offline municipal files, and
- Survey-to-CTS conversions are either pending or wrongly recorded.
Amalgamated plots have often not been reflected correctly in official maps and documentation — putting the entire process of Deemed Conveyance at risk.
⚠️ The Ripple Effects: Legal Rights in Danger
1. Deemed Conveyance Cases on Hold
- Many housing societies are built on land parcels that were originally separate but later amalgamated by the builder.
- Due to lack of proper documentation and updated records, societies are unable to prove their legal claim.
- Authorities delay or reject applications citing unclear land titles or inconsistent survey references.
2. Self-Redevelopment in Legal Uncertainty
- Societies ready for self-redevelopment can’t proceed due to absence of clean property cards or confirmed CTS records.
- Banks refuse to finance these projects without updated land titles.
- Architects and consultants can’t prepare accurate plans without clarity on plot boundaries and ownership.
3. Ownership of Flats and Land in Question
- Residents face uncertainty over whether their flat stands on officially recognized land.
- Inconsistencies between DP, Gat Book, and 7/12 records create doubt over individual unit ownership.
🕵️ The Rise of Risky Intermediaries
With societies stuck in administrative paralysis, a new danger is emerging — unqualified intermediaries posing as developers or agents linked to major construction companies:
- No real legal knowledge of Deemed Conveyance or land laws
- Exploit desperate societies stuck in survey disputes
- Push for unverified redevelopment proposals without securing legal ownership
This leads to fraudulent redevelopment, disputed agreements, and long-term legal battles.
📢 Time to Act: Citizens Demand Inter-Departmental Coordination
“We are not asking for favors — we are demanding our legal rights. Let the Revenue Department, MBMC, and City Survey come together on one table and sort this mess once and for all.”
— Residents’ Federation, Mira-Bhayander
Residents call for a dedicated joint task force, comprising all land-related departments, to:
- Audit and synchronize land records
- Finalize pending Survey-to-CTS conversions
- Issue updated Property Cards and Mutation entries
- Certify land titles for Deemed Conveyance and Redevelopment
🧱 A City’s Future Depends on Accurate Land Data
In a rapidly urbanizing region like Mira-Bhayander, broken land records destroy trust, stall economic growth, and put citizens’ investments at risk.
Without clear documentation, not even the strongest building can stand on legally shaky land.
📰 YIIPPEE® NEWS NETWORK will continue exposing the ground realities of urban land issues — because no redevelopment is truly possible until the ground beneath it is legally, fairly, and transparently owned.