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• A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) committee has approved a proposal to regularise certain residential buildings in Tardeo that have remained without Occupation Certificates (OCs) due to technical and procedural lapses.
• The proposal is expected to benefit residents who have been living in completed buildings for years but have faced difficulties in obtaining civic services, carrying out property transactions and securing financial approvals because of the absence of OCs.
• The measure forms part of Maharashtra's broader initiative to provide a legal pathway for eligible OC-less buildings while holding developers accountable for construction-related violations.
• The proposal will now move through the remaining approval process before implementation, after which eligible housing societies will be able to apply for regularisation under the prescribed framework.
Residents of several residential buildings in Mumbai's Tardeo are set to receive long-awaited relief after a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) committee approved a proposal that paves the way for the regularisation of buildings that have remained without Occupation Certificates (OCs) despite being occupied for years. The decision marks an important step towards resolving a long-pending issue that has affected thousands of homeowners.
Many of the affected buildings were constructed years ago but failed to obtain OCs because of technical deficiencies, regulatory changes or pending compliance by developers. As a result, residents have continued to live in a legal grey area despite having purchased their homes through valid transactions. The absence of an OC has often created hurdles in property sales, bank financing, utility connections and access to certain civic services.
The approved proposal seeks to provide a structured mechanism for regularising eligible buildings without penalising residents for lapses attributable to developers. Under the broader policy framework being pursued by the Maharashtra government, housing societies will be able to apply for regularisation subject to prescribed eligibility conditions, while cases involving additional floor space or other deviations may require payment of applicable premiums or fulfilment of specified requirements.
Officials have maintained that the objective is to provide legal certainty to genuine homebuyers while ensuring that structural safety and planning norms are adequately addressed. The proposal is also expected to improve the marketability of affected properties by enabling owners to obtain documentation that has long been unavailable due to the absence of an OC.
The proposal still requires completion of the remaining approval process before it is implemented. Once operational, eligible housing societies will be able to seek regularisation under the new framework, bringing much-needed relief to residents who have lived in completed buildings without formal occupancy certification for years. The move is expected to complement the state's wider efforts to resolve legacy issues involving OC-less residential buildings across Mumbai while promoting greater certainty in the city's housing sector.
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