Is CIDCO Transfer no longer required now ?
Unfortunately, the short answer to that is : It is required

New Drama before elections

Recently we witnessed new drama before elections when CIDCO Chairman, Sanjay Shirsaat, a political appointee, a Shiv Sena MLA in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Aurangabad West Vidhan Sabha constituency, enacted a drama orchestrated by a group called ‘Navi Mumbai Citzen’s forum’ in co-ordination with other groups called Sahakar Bharti, The Navi Mumbai Co-Operative Housing Federation and Navi Mumbai Vyapari Mahasangh along with ex Shiv Sena member and ex IAS officer Vijay Nahata, who went on to fight the latest assembly elections on an independent ticket later.
Most people are unaware that CIDCO Chairman is a political party leader.
They think he is the owner and ruler of CIDCO and whatever he says is the law.

The drama began suddenly just before the elections, when a group called ‘Navi Mumbai Citizens Forum’ sprang up from nowhere and started demanding cancellation of the CIDCO Transfer charges. Their Twitter page was set up in January 2022 and it is headed by BJP IT Cell Maharashtra Head Satish Nikam. So in all probability, this is just a front organization of the BJP, but the name of the organization makes it appear as if its a group of ordinary citizens of Navi Mumbai.

Soon the media played it up by publishing bogus and misleading articles that quoted SC judgements which were not applicable to this issue like Aspi Chinoy v/s The state of Maharashtra etc. That judgement simply said that no transfer charges can be applicable when there is no actual transfer of any property. CIDCO transfer charges are applied only when there is an actual transfer of property. So this judgement was falsely and misleadingly cited as being related to this issue by corrupt media.

Then the media started flashing pictures of Sanjay Shirsaat meeting with BJP members.
Here below we see pictures of Satish Nikam with CIDCO Chairman and political appointee Mr.Sanjay Shirsaat.

Then another news was flashed that a proposal would be finalized in the next 8 days and another party member Vijay Nahata jumped into the bandwagon and started spreading news that the proposal had been passed by the CIDCO board and that a Govt resolution would be passed soon.

All this gave an impression that the proposal had been passed and that CIDCO Transfer charges had been cancelled.

The most important points that the press hid from you :

• CIDCO Transfer charges cannot be changed by merely passing resolutions and GR’s.
• CIDCO Transfer charges are applicable as per law and rules passed in Assembly.
  That law is called Navi Mumbai Disposal of Lands act and Navi Mumbai disposal of land rules.
• No official announcement was made by any IAS Directors or MD’s or Jt MD’s of CIDCO.
• No official announcement was made on the official website of CIDCO
• The online link for CIDCO Transfer charges are still operational

With all this perfect orchestration of the drama in co-ordination with pliant media, BJP’s job was complete.
They had successfully managed to fool the people once again.

Proof that CIDCO Transfer Charges are still applicable

Here is the Link to the CIDCO Website which is still operational

There is no mention on the official website of CIDCO of any cancellation of CIDCO Transfer Charges and all the links for CIDCO transfer charges are still operational.

Earlier Drama by drama queen Manda Mhatre before the last assembly elections when she orchestrated a similar episode when she published press releases on bogus claims :

What does the so-called ‘press release’ say? It says…
The lease period of the land in Navi Mumbai will be extended from 60 years to 99 years. And this will only be applicable to Societies which agree to pay 20% of the Reserve price of Land (As per CIDCO price list)

Those who pay the 20% of CIDCO reserve price for their plot of land, will get their lease extended to 99 year period and will not have to pay CIDCO transfer charges during this period (Mind you, it still stays leasehold land).

Most importantly, this ‘scheme’ will be implemented only in certain areas and only for 2 years on ‘trial basis’.
Kharghar does not come under this ‘scheme’

What happens after 2 years ?
Its a mystery.

Designed to fool….

Now let us examine what the CIDCO Reserve price of Land is in Navi Mumbai in Nerul. As per CIDCO records, the reserve price of land in Nerul is almost Rs 14,000 per sq meter. So 20% of reserve price of this land comes to 2,800 per sq meter.For my society (measuring 8000 sq meters) in Nerul, this comes to 2,800 X 8000 =2,24,00,000 (Two Crores twenty four lakhs)

Simple math shows that it is almost impossible for any society to cough up that much money in one shot just to avoid paying CIDCO transfer charges of a few thousand rupees for every sale and purchase of a flat (especially when that charge is borne by the purchaser and not the society 😊)

By now you are almost tearing your hair and wondering why the govt is playing these games ?
The answer is simple : CIDCO earns 300-400 crores every year via CIDCO Transfer charges. With this money it provide services and pays salaries to its staff. If you take away this 400 crores, how will CIDCO pay its bills ?😊 This balancing of income and expenditure is known as budget.

GST IMPOSED ON CIDCO TRANSFER IN 2014

Instead to removing the draconian 18% GST imposed on CIDCO transfer charges (which was not there before 2014) and eradicating the rampant corruption inside CIDCO, Manda Mhatre (BJP)  and Devendra Fadnavis are playing these devious games designed to fool people at election time.

What has she (Manda Mhatre) done about the rampant corruption in CIDCO ? Nothing.

Her residence is just 300 meters from the CIDCO HQ. If she claims that she does not know about the corruption, then she does not deserve to be an MLA. But knowing politicians and their capacity and capability, she may hardly have a clue about rules and procedures. The fact that she is just 4^th std pass also doesn\’t help the situation