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Section 4 (1) (b) (xvii) of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance And Redevelopment) Act, 1971 states that

Where a Competent Authority, upon a complaint from any person or report from its officer or police or any other record or information in its possession, is satisfied that any unauthorized or illegal dwelling structure or part thereof has been constructed or any addition to the existing structure as recorded on photo-pass, has been erected, after the 1st January 1995, within the area of its jurisdiction, without obtaining necessary permissions required to be obtained in that behalf under the relevant laws, of the concerned statutory authorities, it shall forthwith serve upon the owner of such unauthorized or illegal dwelling structure or any other person claiming an interest therein and also upon the person who is in occupation of such structure, a written notice to show cause, within twenty four hours as. to why an order of demolition of the structure could not be made.

After the commencement of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance, and redevelopment) (Second Amendment) Act, 2001, where a Competent "Authority, upon a complaint from any person or report from its officer or police, or any other record or information in its possession, is satisfied that any unauthorized or illegal dwelling structure or part thereof has been constructed or is being constructed or any addition to the existing structure is erected or being erected, within the area of its jurisdiction, without obtaining necessary permissions required to be obtained in that behalf, under the relevant laws of the concerned statutory authorities, it shall forthwith serve upon the owner of such unauthorized or illegal dwelling structure or any other person claiming an interest therein and also upon the person who is in occupation of such Structure, a written notice to show cause, within twenty-four hours as to why an order of demolition of the structure could not be made.

For the 1 [purpose of this Act.,] the improvement works may consist of:-

Widening, realigning, or paving of existing roads, lanes, and pathways and constructing new roads, lanes, and pathways.

Regards,

Anaita Vas