300 houses regularised under Mhaje Ghar scheme

Panaji: State govt on Thursday regularised 300 illegal houses constructed on govt land, comunidade land and land owned by individuals under the Mhaje Ghar scheme. State govt urged the people who have still not applied under the Majhe Ghar scheme to regularise their houses to apply.

Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that a total of over 10,000 applications are pending before the department and as soon as possible sanads will be issued to those house owners.

Sawant said that as the sanads have been issued to 300 house owners, those who have apprehensions should come forward and apply for regularisation of their houses.

In Oct 2025, Union home minister Amit Shah launched the Majhe Ghar scheme to regularise over 50,000 illegal structures on govt land, comunidade land, and land owned by individuals.

State govt held a function in Margao on Thursday to hand over sanads to owners of houses that need to be regularised. Sawant said that even people who have purchased houses through Goa Housing Board were never given sanads.

The CM said that people have spent over Rs 15 lakh and constructed houses and if his house is demolished where will they go now. He said govt is legalising houses constructed before 1972.

“I request comunidades to give no objection certificate (NOC) to regularise the houses. We will collect the land rate at the time of construction of the house from the house owners and deposit it with the comunidade,” Sawant said.

The CM said that this scheme was introduced to resolve the problem faced by Goans in the last 60 years. “Our intention is to regularise the houses in the state,” Sawant said.

Regarding the regularisation of houses on encroached comunidade land, state govt, through the Goa Legislative Diploma No. 2070 (Amendment) Bill, 2025, inserted an article allowing the regularisation of dwelling houses built on comunidade land before Feb 28, 2014, by landless individuals.

On the Goa Regularisation of Unauthorised Construction (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the bill opens a new two-year window for applicants who missed previous deadlines or faced rejection. Consent from co-owners is no longer needed, and area limits have increased to 600sqm in rural areas and 1,000sqm in urban areas.

The deputy collector will consider and dispose of any objections or suggestions received within 30 days from the expiry of the notice period to regularise the house on govt land.

The beneficiaries of the regularisation of houses on govt land will not be able to sell or transfer the land, or any portion of it, until 20 years have passed from the date of regularisation.

State govt has said that even after 20 years, any transfer of the land shall be subject to govt decision.