{
  "id": 2197232,
  "title": "Pravin Darekar Seeks Refund Mechanism For Wrongful Recovery Of Scrapped Non-Agricultural Tax",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/pravin-darekar-seeks-refund-mechanism-for-wrongful-recovery-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:11:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/pravin-darekar-seeks-refund-mechanism-for-wrongful-recovery-of-scrapped-non-agricultural-tax"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai: Pravin Darekar, Chairman of Maharashtra Housing Self/Redevelopment Authority and BJP MLA, has called for a refund mechanism for wrongly recovered non-agricultural (NA) tax from cooperative housing societies. He urged Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to establish a process to refund amounts already collected. Bawankule instructed officials to draft a clear standard operating procedure (SOP) to resolve the issue. A meeting was held at Mantralaya to discuss problems faced by cooperative housing societies engaged in self-redevelopment. Darekar noted that registered cooperative housing societies have a separate legal identity, but they often have to repeatedly visit revenue offices after obtaining conveyance deeds, leading to wasted time and money. He proposed that a standardized procedure should be introduced where the registering authority electronically forwards the registered deed to the concerned revenue office, which then records the society's name on the property card or 7/12 extract and makes the updated documents available online. Darekar also demanded a government resolution clarifying that a separate hearing by revenue authorities is not necessary in such cases. He further advocated for a uniform SOP to be implemented across tehsils, talukas, and districts, and an online mutation process for cooperative housing societies. Darekar suggested a fixed time limit for recording a society's name on the property card and clear guidelines on old outstanding dues. He called for resolving disputes between MHADA and the Revenue Department and appointing a nodal officer to ensure coordination among the departments.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Maharashtra Housing Self/Redevelopment Authority Chairman and BJP MLA Pravin Darekar has urged Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to stop the wrongful recovery of non-agricultural (NA) tax that has been scrapped for cooperative housing societies and establish a mechanism to refund amounts already collected. Bawankule directed officials to formulate a clear standard operating…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}