Mumbai Housing and Area Development Authority, MHADA is known for providing affordable homes to families belonging to all income groups. The body runs various schemes under which flats are constructed and sold at reasonable prices through the medium of lottery.

Once again, applications for the purchase of 972 tenaments have been invited by MHADA. The registration of applicants will commence at 2 pm tomorrow, June 23 (Thursday) and end at 11:59 pm on July 24 (Friday). Interested applicants may submit Demand drafts at designated Axis Bank branches from June 24 to July 27.

To know more, click here >> https://mhada.maharashtra.gov.in/?q=mhadalottery16

To apply, visit >> https://lottery.mhada.gov.in/

While the cheapest houses available in this scheme are in Malvani, Malad with a carpet area of 16.72 square metres for Rs 8.17 lakh, the most expensive houses are located at Shailendra Nagar, Dahisar, priced at Rs 83, 86,000 and the carpet area of 78.47 square metres.

The winners of MHADA lottery 2016 will be declared on August 10. You can check the list on the MHADA website.

Maha Govt files ‘cheating’ case against Maple Group

A complaint was filed at the Shivaji Nagar police station in Pune by the State Government against The Maple Group which had recently published advertisements to promote its housing scheme that offered a one-bedroom-hall kitchen flat for just Rs 5, 00,000 on the outskirts of Pune.

The government had earlier issued a notice to the Maple Group seeking clarity on the misleading advertisements carrying images of PM Narendra Modi, CM Devendra Fadnavis and Pune Guardian Minister Girish Bapat. “We had also shot off a letter to the developer to inquire about the credentials of the project. However, since this did not elicit any response, it prompted us to lodge a complaint against the group suo-moto,” said Tushar Doshi, Deputy Commissioner of police.

The case has been registered under 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 417 (cheating), 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of IPC against Maple’s CMD Sachin Agarwal, MD Navin Agarwal, Sales Manager Priyanka Agarwal and other officials.

The alleged misleading advertisements gave an impression that the ‘Maharashtra Housing Scheme’ project was a part of Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana. However, the state government has clarified that Maple Group’s project was in any way linked with the Central or state government housing schemes.

The Group, through the adverts, tried to cheat people into buying apartments at Rs 5 lakh and collected non refundable amount. Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and Mission Director of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) have slapped a notice to the group asking them to withdraw the controversial advertisements, stop collection of money and refund the amounts collected immediately.