NEW MCS RULES RAISE THE BAR FOR REDEVELOPMENT CONSENT

याचा तुमच्यावर नेमका काय परिणाम? For societies sitting on redevelopment proposals, the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules, 2026 — notified June 18, published in the Gazette June 22 — changes the ground rules in ways that will slow down rushed decisions and close several loopholes that developers and managing committees have historically used to push through selections with thin participation. The headline change sits in the new Chapter XI-B (Rule 106C-13(3)). Where an ordinary special general body meeting needs only five clear days' notice, any meeting called to decide on redevelopment now requires fourteen clear days. The quorum bar is fixed at two-thirds of the total membership — not the lower 'two-thirds or 20 members, whichever is less' formula that applies to routine SGMs. In practice, smaller societies can no longer push through a redevelopment vote with a token turnout. The rules also mandate that a representative of the Registrar be physically present at the meeting, and that proceedings be video-recorded. Custody of the recording sits with the chairman, with a duplicate copy required to be lodged at the office of the jurisdictional Assistant or Deputy Registrar — creating a documentary trail that did not previously exist in most disputed redevelopment cases. Selection of the developer or contractor itself requires a resolution passed by 51 per cent of the total membership (members joining by video conferencing now count), and the Registrar's representative must file a factual report on how the meeting was conducted, which the Registrar then communicates back to the society. This closes a long-standing gap where selection resolutions were sometimes passed by a simple majority of those merely present, rather than of the total membership. Separately, Rule 106C-10 permits self-redeveloping societies to borrow up to ten times the assessed value of their land on a government-approved valuer's report. For redevelopment timelines, the fourteen-day notice and two-thirds quorum are now binding requirements; and the video recording and the Registrar's factual report create a documentary record of every selection meeting that did not previously exist.

महाराष्ट्र सहकारी संस्था (सुधारणा) नियम, २०२६ अन्वये पुनर्विकासाच्या ठरावासाठी आता किमान चौदा दिवसांची नोटीस आणि एकूण सभासदांच्या दोन तृतीयांश गणपूर्ती बंधनकारक आहे. विकासक निवडीचा ठराव एकूण सभासदांच्या ५१ टक्के बहुमताने मंजूर करावा लागेल आणि सभेचे व्हिडिओ रेकॉर्डिंग निबंधक कार्यालयात जमा करणे आवश्यक आहे. यामुळे घाईघाईने घेतले जाणारे निर्णय रोखले जातील अशी अपेक्षा आहे. स्वयं-पुनर्विकास करणाऱ्या संस्थांना शासनमान्य मूल्यनिर्धारकाच्या अहवालानुसार जमिनीच्या मूल्याच्या दहापट कर्ज घेण्याची मुभा नव्या नियम १०६सी-१० ने दिली आहे — जुन्या इमारतींसाठी हा मोठा आर्थिक मार्ग खुला झाला आहे. चौदा दिवसांची नोटीस व दोन तृतीयांश गणपूर्ती हे आता बंधनकारक निकष आहेत; व्हिडिओ रेकॉर्डिंग व निबंधक प्रतिनिधीचा वस्तुस्थिती अहवाल यामुळे प्रत्येक विकासक-निवड सभेची कागदोपत्री नोंद प्रथमच अस्तित्वात येणार आहे.