NASHIK: Over 45,700 unauthorized residential properties in Nashik city remain occupied despite their owners not securing building completion certificates (BCC) and occupancy certificates (OC) from the Nashik Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) town planning department.
Residents continue to use these properties without the necessary clearances. “The property tax department has now imposed taxes on all such properties,” a civic official reported.
According to data from the NMC, the Nashik Road division has the most unauthorized properties, tallying around 10,400, followed by Panchavati with 9,800. The Cidco division is accountable for about 9,000 properties, while Satpur division has 7,800 unauthorized units. Nashik East has approximately 7,300, and Nashik West accounts for nearly 1,400.
An NMC official mentioned that a comprehensive survey conducted around four years ago identified approximately 57,000 properties under the property tax system. “Most of these were occupied without BCCs and OCs. The unauthorized properties currently in use were primarily identified during this survey and have since been taxed,” the official stated.
Currently, Nashik city hosts around 622,000 registered properties across six municipal divisions, with Panchavati and Cidco representing nearly 48% of the total.
The Cidco division has witnessed a significant surge of 54% in property numbers, rising from 97,517 in 2017-18 to 149,000 in the current fiscal year of 2025-26.
Overall, the total number of properties in Nashik has surged by 46%—nearly 200,000 units—over the past seven years, increasing from 426,000 in 2017-18 to 622,000 now.
