Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday announced that the government will soon launch the 'Mhajo Flat' scheme within 15 days to resolve long‑pending ownership disputes faced by thousands of flat owners across Goa.
Speaking at the inauguration of the new Sahakar Seva Bhavan, Sawant said an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 flats in the State remain without formal transfer of titles despite being purchased years ago.
Many buyers hold only share certificates, affidavits or incomplete documentation, leaving them vulnerable in disputes with landowners or builders.
Modelled on the Mhaje Ghar scheme, the new initiative aims to regularise flats stuck in such legal and procedural hurdles.
It will empower housing societies to undertake redevelopment, repairs or reconstruction without requiring consent from the original landowner and decisions backed by a majority of society members will be given legal standing under the proposed framework.
Sawant said the scheme is designed to address cases where builders have abandoned projects, landowners refuse to cooperate, or buildings are decades old but the land remains in the original owner’s name.
“Mhajo Flat will give rightful recognition to thousands of families who have waited for years for ownership,” he said.
He was speaking after inaugurating the new premises for the office of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Sahakar Seva Bhavan, at Merces, in the presence of WRD Minister Subhash Shirodkar and local MLA Rudolph Fernandes.
The State has nearly 5,600 registered cooperative societies, including around 3,000 housing cooperatives, 1,450 self‑help groups, 189 dairy cooperatives, 164 service cooperatives and 90 consumer cooperatives.
Cooperatives are also active in agriculture, fisheries, industry and production, Sawant said, adding that they have strengthened grassroots development and improved livelihoods across the State.
