SAME PURPOSE, NO PREMIUM: THE INDUSTRIAL ULC RULE OWNERS MISS

Most of this series has followed residential societies. But a large share of ULC-affected land in the region is industrial — plots inside and around MIDC estates that are now changing hands and, increasingly, changing use. Every Section 20 exemption was granted for a stated purpose — industrial, housing or another specified use — and came with conditions that ran with the land. If the land was not used for the stated purpose, the exemption could be revoked. That purpose condition is the hinge on which the industrial premium turns. Where industrial land that was subject to ULC proceedings is transferred and continues in the same industrial purpose, the transfer does not trigger a fresh premium. The continuation of the sanctioned use keeps the exemption's basis intact. The industrial premium rate of 15 per cent of ready-reckoner value attaches when the use changes — for instance, an industrial plot converted to residential or commercial development. It is the change of purpose, not the mere transfer, that brings the charge into play. Demands sometimes treat a same-purpose industrial transfer as though it were a change of use, applying the 15 per cent where nothing is due; or they apply residential reasoning to a parcel that never left industrial use. In MIDC estates the picture is layered further, because the estate's own allotment and user conditions sit over any ULC history. Even where a change of use does trigger the 15 per cent, the charge attaches to the ready-reckoner value of the surplus vacant component only — the principle from Porbanderwalla (30 March 2023) and Huhtamaki (15 July 2024) carried into the industrial context, not the entire holding.

Section 20 सवलतीखालील उद्योग जमिनीचे तोच औद्योगिक वापर सुरू ठेवणारे हस्तांतरण premium आणत नाही. ही मालिका आतापर्यंत निवासी सोसायट्यांवर केंद्रित होती. पण प्रदेशातील ULC-प्रभावित जमिनीचा मोठा वाटा औद्योगिक आहे. प्रत्येक Section 20 सवलत ठराविक वापरासाठी दिली गेली आणि तिच्यासोबत जमिनीशी जोडलेल्या अटी आल्या. ठरलेला वापर न झाल्यास सवलत रद्द होऊ शकते. ULC-प्रभावित औद्योगिक जमीन हस्तांतरित होऊन तोच औद्योगिक वापर सुरू राहिल्यास नवीन premium लागत नाही. १५ टक्के औद्योगिक दर लागतो वापर बदलल्यावर — उदा. औद्योगिक भूखंड निवासी वा वाणिज्यिक विकासात रूपांतरित झाल्यास. कधी तोच-वापर हस्तांतरणालाही वापर-बदल मानून १५ टक्के लावला जातो, जिथे काहीच देय नाही. MIDC क्षेत्रांत चित्र अधिक गुंतागुंतीचे असते. वापर बदलामुळे १५ टक्के लागू झाला तरी तो अतिरिक्त मोकळ्या जमिनीच्या रेडी-रेकनर मूल्यावरच — Porbanderwalla व Huhtamaki चे तत्त्व औद्योगिक संदर्भात.