NAGPUR: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the govt is exploring the option of issuing 7/12 document, a crucial document which establishes ownership, for multi-floor properties, rather than just the land it stands on. Such a scheme will benefit residents of buildings which house joint families and have now expanded to multi-generational residents.
Such type of buildings are common in tier-2 cities as well as semi-urbanized areas, where sons keep building their houses on higher floors after getting married. Legal feuds over property ownership or share, are also seen in later generations in such properties.
Since this is in planning stage only, clarity is awaited whether it will also apply to residential apartments which already have documents like sale deed, establishing ownership of property.
Speaking at a public event in Nagpur on Sunday, Bawankule said, “In Maharashtra, we do not have system of issuing 7/12 for vertical buildings. We will soon launch the Vertical 7/12 Yojna in state, so that residents on each of the floors will also get that document.”
Bawankule mentioned this vertical 7/12 proposal while talking about state govt’s Svamitva Yojna (see box).
“We have selected some nagar panchayats which are part of this Svamitva Yojna and we plan to complete it within a year,” said Bawankule. “There are around 30,000 properties if we look at it horizontally. But the total comes to 45,000 properties if we look at it from a vertical point of view. Technically, we give 7/12 only to the land, but now issue is about the buildings which stand on that land. So we are planning a scheme so that residents on all floors of the building get the (7/12) document,” said Bawankule.
He added now residents do not have to bear the cost of getting their property measured by revenue department officials. “Earlier, you would have to pay Rs8,000 to get your property mapped by our department,” said Bawankule, “but now we have paid the money on your behalf. As revenue minister, I have the responsibility of planning the use of every land parcel in state. And the govt is also responsible for safeguarding your property, that’s exactly what we are doing through Svamitva,” said Bawankule.
He added that CM Devendra Fadnavis has issued directions to start planning for process to give ‘Svamitva’ in entire Maharashtra. “We will ensure that CM Fadnavis’ instructions are followed. And I have instructed my officials that while giving Svamitva for residential property, do not insist for 7/12 from the applicants. Their property tax receipt is more than enough, apart from identity documents like Aadhar etc. For 7/12, we will ask for it when focussing on agricultural land.”
‘No tiled-roof, get slabs for all houses in Hudkeshwar-Narsala’
Talking about a project under a central govt housing scheme, Bawankule directed revenue department officials to ensure that residents in Hudkeshwar and Narsala are covered under this scheme. “I don’t want to see a single tiled-roof house in these areas,” said Bawankule, speaking to his officials present in the audience, “Under PM Awaas Yojna we have been allotted 20,000 homes. Make a list of how many roofs here are of tin or tiles. And then make sure they get proper slab on their house.” He added by December a detailed Development Plan for Hudkeshwar and Narsala will be ready. “We are looking at 2050 and what this area will need then, so rest assured that a lot of development will happen here,” said Bawankule.
