Land administration processes in Mumbai come under review as City and Suburban Collectors hold joint discussions with industry 

District Collectors Aanchal Goyal and Saurabh Katiyar engage with CREDAI MCHI, NAREDCO, BDA, and PEATA to discuss royalty norms, survey duplication, and SOP driven timelines across Mumbai

Land administration processes in Mumbai came under focused review as the District Collector, Mumbai City, Aanchal Goyal, and the District Collector, Mumbai Suburban, Saurabh Katiyar, held a joint meeting with representatives from the real estate sector to address long standing procedural and revenue related challenges. The meeting took place in Mumbai on December 23, 2025, bringing together senior officials from both Collectorates and a Joint Task Force comprising members of CREDAI MCHI, NAREDCO, BDA, and PEATA.
The joint engagement marked a coordinated effort by the Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban Collectorates to examine industry concerns through a unified administrative lens. The discussions focused on issues such as royalty applicability, procedural timelines, duplication of physical surveys, and delays in approvals related to amalgamation and subdivision of land parcels.

Setting the tone for the deliberations, District Collector, Mumbai City, Aanchal Goyal stated that the concerns raised by industry representatives were substantive in nature and required systemic correction rather than ad hoc resolutions. She noted that issues surrounding royalty norms, procedural delays, and overlapping survey requirements create ambiguity and inefficiencies that can be addressed through clearly defined and standardised operating procedures. She further affirmed that both Collectorates are committed to introducing SOP driven mechanisms that simplify processes while ensuring statutory compliance.
District Collector, Mumbai Suburban, Saurabh Katiyar highlighted the importance of joint decision making between the two Collectorates, particularly in a metropolitan region where administrative boundaries often intersect with development activity. He said that bringing both City and Suburban Collectorates onto a single platform enables coordinated governance and uniformity in decision making. He confirmed that proposals such as unified physical surveys, streamlined amalgamation and subdivision processes, and greater transparency in land records would be examined through a structured institutional mechanism to ensure practical and time bound implementation.

The meeting was among the first instances where multiple real estate associations engaged collectively with both Collectorates in a single forum. The Collectors acknowledged the unified and solution oriented representations made by the industry and noted that such consolidated engagement supports outcomes that are aligned with public interest as well as economic growth.
Industry discussions were led by Mr. Rushi Mehta, Secretary, CREDAI MCHI, and Mr. Manan Shah, who presented a range of issues related to royalty on excavated soil. These included the need to exclude royalty in cases where excavated material is not transported outside the project site, challenges arising from short validity periods for permissions, inaccuracies in excavation quantity calculations, and approval delays. In response, both Collectors assured participants that simplified and time bound SOPs for royalty permissions would be introduced to comprehensively address these concerns.

Deliberations also covered prolonged timelines associated with amalgamation and subdivision proposals. The Collectorates indicated that dedicated SOPs would be framed to significantly reduce delays and improve predictability for applicants. Another key reform discussed was the introduction of a single, unified physical survey that could be used for multiple purposes, including non agricultural permissions, demarcation, amalgamation and subdivision, and handover of amenities. This measure is intended to avoid duplication, repeated site visits, and procedural redundancies.
Commenting on behalf of the industry, Mr. Sukhraj Nahar, President, CREDAI MCHI, said that the issues raised during the meeting, including royalty applicability, procedural delays, duplication of surveys, and approval timelines, are genuine and long pending. He noted that the joint commitment of both Collectorates to SOP driven processes, unified surveys, and the formation of a steering committee reflects a shared intent to deliver practical and time bound reforms that improve ease of doing business while strengthening transparency and governance.

Mr. Kamlesh Thakur, President Elect, NAREDCO Maharashtra, observed that the meeting represented a decisive shift towards collaborative policy making. He said that clarity driven by standard operating procedures on royalty, surveys, and approvals would significantly enhance predictability and confidence across the real estate ecosystem.
Supporting the initiative, Mr. Vikram Mehta, President, BDA, and Mr. Sandip Isore, President, PEATA, stated that unified procedures and streamlined approvals would meaningfully reduce operational delays and procedural overlap, contributing to more efficient project execution.

The Joint Task Force reaffirmed its commitment to continued engagement with the administration to ensure that the discussions translate into tangible outcomes. It was agreed that a steering committee would be formed, comprising officers from the Collector’s office and relevant ancillary departments, to deliberate on procedural bottlenecks and recommend policy changes. These recommendations would be implemented at the Collectorate level where possible or escalated to the government for further necessary action.

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