The Government of Maharashtra, on December 10, 2025, issued the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Second Short Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2025, to further amend the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.
The following amendmnets has been stated namely: -
• In section 36, sub- section (4), for the words "or the Maharashtra State Financial Corporation” the following words, brackets, letter and figures "or a corresponding new Bank within the meaning of clause (b) of section 2 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 or the Maharashtra State Financial Corporation", shall be substituted;
• In section 36, sub- section (4), before the Explanation the following proviso shall be inserted, and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 27th February 2009, namely:- "Provided that, the Occupant Class II shall pay to the Government the mortgage fees, at such rate as may be specified by the Government by general or special order, for mortgaging his property, for any purpose other than agriculture, in favour of a co-operative society, the State Bank of India, the corresponding new Bank or the Maharashtra State Financial Corporation.".
[L. A. BILL No. CII OF 2025]
