The action is part of the state’s crackdown on the alleged misuse of Section 155, a provision that permits only correction of clerical or accidental errors in revenue records and does not authorise changes in land ownership or title Pune: The state govt will initiate departmental inquiries against 69 revenue department officials in Pune division…
State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said criminal cases would be registered against the guilty officials and some could face dismissal from service Pune: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday said 15 revenue officials, including deputy collectors and tehsildars, were suspended for allegedly misusing Section 155 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code to carry out…
Voters filled out forms and submitted required documents during the SIR drive in Khadki on Saturday Pune: The Election Commission’s online portal for submitting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 enumeration forms can be used only if the voter’s cellphone number is linked to EPIC (Elector Photo Identity Card) and the name on the EPIC exactly…
Revenue department officials said improper entries made by officials in the past led leaseholders to treat public land as private property. This has resulted in a surge of litigation and ownership disputes. Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has ordered a statewide exercise to rectify revenue records for govt leasehold land. The move follows the discovery…
Pune: The district administration will hold a special camp on June 22 at the Saswad sub-divisional office to resolve pending revenue-related and quasi-judicial issues delaying compensation to farmers affected by the proposed Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje International Airport in Purandar.Officials from the revenue department, land records office, sub-divisional office, tehsil office and other agencies concerned would…
Pune: Persistent technical glitches and frequent server outages on the Mahaonline portal over the past four days have paralysed services under the Right to Services (RTS) Act, affecting students, parents, and Maha e-Seva centre operators across Maharashtra.Applications for essential documents, including caste, income, non-creamy layer, domicile, and nationality certificates, have remained pending due to repeated…
With the last date for door-to-door census operations in Maharashtra set for June 14, census staff at Pune’s Aundh centre rushed to complete fieldwork and documentation Pune: Challenges from locked homes, poor awareness and non-cooperation in urban areas met enumerators on duty since May 16 but Maharashtra’s house-listing phase under Census 2027 was 99.51% complete…
General pic of Metro line 3 Shivajinagar to Hinjewadi route Pune: The first phase of Pune Metro Line 3, covering 12 stations between Maan (Hinjewadi) and Ramnagar (Baner), will become operational by July 15 “under any circumstance”, PMRDA commissioner Abhijit Chaudhari said on Wednesday.He added that four more stations on the metro corridor, including Shivajinagar,…
Pune: A recent RTI query seeking details of appointments and vacancies in the Maharashtra State Commission for Women has yielded little beyond a reference to govt’s statutory powers despite the National Commission for Women (NCW) urging states to expedite appointments to state panels.In a reply received on June 2, the women and child development (WCD)…
The first phase of Census 2027 ends on Sunday Pune: House-listing operations for Census 2027 are nearly 85% complete across the state with state authorities directing district collectors, municipal commissioners and census officers to expedite the remaining work and ensure timely completion of the exercise at a review meeting ahead of the June 14 deadline.Four…
