India, March 5 -- In a move that could benefit 25,000 housing societies across Mumbai, the civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is expected to announce a new policy framework by the end of this month that allows societies to obtain long-pending Occupation Certificates (OCs).

In September 2025, the Maharashtra government announced that it would issue a policy with rules and processes for housing societies to obtain an OC.

According to BMC officials, it will present a policy to the standing committee in the next few days. "Once the standing committee approves it, the policy will be forwarded to the Maharashtra government's Urban Development Department for the final go-ahead," a BMC official told Hindustan Times Real E...