MahaBhumi Portal Technical Issues Force Maharashtra Housing Societies to Return to Manual Applications

Housing societies across Mumbai and Pune have been compelled to abandon the Maharashtra government's digital platform and revert to traditional offline methods due to persistent technical glitches in the PRATYAY MahaBhumi portal, officials confirmed in August 2025.

The digital portal, which was designed to streamline the entire deemed conveyance process for Maharashtra societies, promised to digitize everything from document submission and scrutiny to hearings and certification within a six-month timeline. However, the platform's technical failures have undermined its core objective of eliminating physical visits to deputy registrar offices.

Digital Infrastructure Fails to Deliver on Promises

Multiple housing societies in both Pune and Mumbai have reported consistent login failures and incomplete application submissions on the PRATYAY MahaBhumi portal. Users have experienced their registration attempts stalling midway through the process, effectively negating the intended convenience of online applications.

The portal's malfunction has particularly impacted societies looking to complete their legal ownership processes, as many of these housing societies across Maharashtra had been waiting to leverage the digital platform for faster processing.

Government Officials Acknowledge Technical Shortcomings

State officials have acknowledged that the portal is not functioning as designed and have assured users that technical teams are working on resolving the issues. They indicated that normal services are expected to resume in the near future, while admitting that the current technical problems are disrupting the state's broader e-governance initiatives.

Critical Impact on Maharashtra's Housing Sector

The technical failures have emerged at a particularly challenging time for Maharashtra's real estate sector. Over 60% of the state's 1.3 lakh registered housing societies still await deemed conveyance, a legal process that is essential for obtaining clear land ownership rights.

Without proper conveyance documentation, societies remain dependent on builders and cannot access crucial redevelopment opportunities or secure institutional loans. These delays continue to hamper necessary repairs and redevelopment initiatives across Mumbai and other major cities.

Industry Stakeholders Demand Process Simplification

Representatives from housing federations have urged the state government to streamline the deemed conveyance process by reducing the current documentation requirements. Instead of the existing eight mandatory documents, they have proposed reducing the requirement to five or six documents to ease the administrative burden on societies.

The portal's technical failure has highlighted the limitations of relying exclusively on digital solutions for complex legal procedures, especially when conducting society meetings and legal processes require multiple stakeholder coordination.

Current Status Overview

The MahaBhumi portal's launch was considered a significant step toward digitizing property rights in Maharashtra, but until these technical issues are fully resolved, the promised convenience remains inaccessible to housing societies. Both technical stabilization and process streamlining will be essential to fulfill the portal's original objectives and support Maharashtra's ambitious housing goals.