mumbai in a major relief for redevelopment of buildings having fewer than 11 flat owners chief minister devendra fadnavis on monday said the requirement of 70 consent would be reduced to 51 most of the private smaller buildings registered under the maharashtra apartment ownership act maoa stand to benefita minimum of 11 members is required to mandatorily register a housing society anything less than that means the tenement gets registered under the 1971 maoa legislationfadnavis said that sometimes a few people in a building deliberately approach another developer and as a result the redevelopment project gets stuck to avoid delay in redevelopment projects the government has decided to amend the maoa so that instead of 70 the flatowners can go ahead with 51 consent he saidan official from the housing department said that the move would help people located in south mumbai thane navi mumbai and pune buildings which have been registered under this act including cessed buildings in south mumbai will benefit with the real estate regulatory authority rera in place the government is considering amending both maoa and the maharashtra ownership flat act he addedexperts however say the move may lead to more litigation as even a single member could swing the the decision it would not be easy to convince one member of the building so it may result in more litigation instead the government should increase the stipulation for 70 consent to 80 or 90 which would put pressure on the other group however the 51 consent may lead to making the minority more vulnerable said advocate neha nagothanekarthe cm also announced that if tenants reject a developer in an sra slum rehabilitation authority project they should appoint a new developer within three months or the sra would take over the project and would float etenders and appoint a new developerthe state is also considering declaring mhada a special authority for development of 56 mhada layouts with 23 lakh tenementsfadnavis said that the inquiry report of the 137 proposals cleared by then sra ceo vishwas patil is expected in 15 days he added that the government was also working on taking building permissions online and bringing all corporations and councils onto a digital platform by this december now online permission will be given for construction of homes of up to1500 sq ft in the state excluding mumbai and mumbai metropolitan region without additional scrutiny said fadnavisthe government has given directions for an integrated plan for development of three mumbai riversmithi dahisar and poisarto make them drainage carriers and not sewers said the cm