Property owners of over 70,000 eligible societies in Maharashtra can apply for deemed conveyance in the state online with the state’s new portal – PRATYAY MahaBhumi starting May 26, 2025. In this guide, we detail the importance of deemed conveyance and how one can use the portal to get one.
What is deemed conveyance?
To get ownership right of a building and the portion of land on which it has been constructed, a conveyance deed is mandatory. In Maharashtra, it is the responsibility of the promoter to convey the title of the building and land to the cooperative housing society- as stated under Section 11 of the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act (MOFA), 1963. This has to be completed within four months of formation of the cooperative housing society of the building. The builder or land-owner must convey the title within a period of four months of formation to a society or the legal body of the flat buyers.
Sometimes, the developer defaults and doesn’t give the conveyance deed within the specified time. In such a case, a housing society can get the deemed conveyance through a competent authority under the MOFA.
What are the charges to be paid for getting deemed conveyance?
A housing society can file an application for getting deemed conveyance by submitting all supporting documents and by paying a court fee of Rs 2,000.
What is the PRATYAY MahaBhumi web portal?
The PRATYAY MahaBhumi is part of the e-governance initiative of Maharashtra cooperation department. It will handle every stage of deemed conveyance including upload of documents, verification, hearing schedule and final order in an online way. With this portal, the entire process from uploading documents to issuance of a deemed conveyance certificate is completed within six months. The documentation etc. are done online and there is an option of holding the hearings for deemed conveyance offline, thus helping in ease of doing business.
What are the documents required to get deemed conveyance?
Documents required for deemed conveyance
- List of members
- Index-II of each member issued by the Sub-registrar of assurance
- Affidavit submitted before the executive magistrate.
- Proof of payment of stamp duty and registration charges for sale for all individual apartments.
- Society registration certificate
- Development agreement between developer and landowner
- Legal notice issued to the developer for executing conveyance
- Draft application of conveyance deed
- Property card
- City survey plan
- Building plan approved by the municipal authority concerned.
- Location
- Commencement certificate.
- Completion certificate
- Occupation certificate
- Proof of payment of property taxes
- Certified copy from architect about FSI utilisation
- Title certificate of property issued by advocate
How to get deemed conveyance in Maharashtra online?
- To get deemed conveyance in Maharashtra online, you can log on to PRATYAY MahaBhumi at https://pratyay.mahabhumi.gov.in
- Click on login if you have created an account on the portal and select user type, username and password and click on log in.
- If you don’t have an account, you can register with the website by clicking on registration and choosing the ‘Party in Person Registration’ option.
- Fill the details including first name, mobile OTP, taluka, address, select document type, upload document and click on register.
- Once you have registered with the website, login and select the cooperation department and then go to the MOFA section 10/11 for deemed conveyance.
Features of the deemed conveyance portal in Maharashtra
- Once you applied for the deemed conveyance, the official authority has to clear the application within six months.
- No physical documents will be accepted for this online process if you apply for deemed conveyance on the PRATYAY platform.
- All hearings and communications will be scheduled online.
- The online system will save time for citizens, parties and officials. There is no need for people to visit the office offline.
Housing.com POV
With the service of deemed conveyance available online, citizens can save a lot of time by going physically to the many government offices that may be required to get the deemed conveyance deed. Maharashtra has currently over 1.25 lakh registered housing societies of which 70,000 societies are eligible for deemed conveyance. Going forward, when this service will be extended to all housing societies, it will be a milestone achieved in the real estate segment.
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