52% of Pune Housing Societies Don’t Have Legal Land Ownership
PUNE: Over half of the cooperative housing societies in the city lack legal ownership of the land they occupy, a significant issue that hinders redevelopment and restricts property rights. According to the state cooperative department, 52%—or 11,956 out of 22,955 registered societies—have not received their conveyance or deemed conveyance deeds. A conveyance deed is the conclusive legal document that transfers land ownership from the developer to the housing society. Without it, these societies cannot update land records, assert complete ownership rights, or start redevelopment projects—an increasingly urgent need for aging buildings in the area. Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi has…
