Maharashtra Cabinet Backs Email and Messaging for Revenue Notices
A draft amendment to Section 230 will go before the state legislature next session for approval.
Overview
- The Cabinet approved a proposal from Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
- Section 230(1) would explicitly recognize SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram and email as valid modes for issuing revenue hearing notices.
- Notices sent to an officially registered or provided email address would be deemed legally served once the amendment is enacted.
- The government reports about 12,000 land-related cases pending at the secretariat level, with non-receipt of notices cited as a key cause of delay.
- Officials say electronic service will supply technical proof of dispatch and cut adjournments as part of a broader digitisation drive.