Commentary on The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

Commentary on The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act [ACT No. LIX OF 1949] As Amended by Mah. Act No. 49 of 2025 dt. 26-12-2025 & Mah. Act No. 23 of 2024 dt. 18-3-2024

Key Features:

• Demolition of illegal structure - Duty of Police and Municipal Officers
• Power of Municipal Commissioner to take action against unauthorized constructions
• Bars to Civil Court jurisdiction - Legal framework under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, empowering municipal corporations to regulate land use, enforce building regulations, and curb illegal construction
• Appeals against rateable value, capital value, or tax fixed or charged - Municipal tax assessments and procedural expectations therein
• Duty of Municipal Corporation to determine salaries - Approval for creating new posts - Protect municipal workers' rights, enforce regularization, and ensure lawful employment standards in municipal governance
• Power of the Commissioner to issue a notice to the person responsible for an illegal or unsafe building or work to show cause
• Standing Committee is empowered to regulate the "period of service," - Retirement Age for Leading Fireman - Recruitment rules cannot alter such conditions without express legislative sanction
• Unauthorised construction and demolition - Judicial backing for demolition actions to preserve urban planning integrity and the rule of law