MIDC Extends December Deadline to 254 Dormant Plot Holders in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Including Shendra/AURIC Belt)

What was decided

As many as 254 plot owners in MIDC's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar region, who failed to meet the mandatory five-year deadline for completing 40 percent construction and starting operations, have now been given time until end of December to launch their industries. The extension follows a compliance drive rather than a new land-use notification: it is a deadline relaxation on an existing obligation attached to industrial plot allotments, not a fresh grant of land or a change in plot rates or boundaries.

Entrepreneurs responded with explanations and assurances, following which MIDC extended the deadline to December. A formal policy on unused plots is expected to be finalised soon, which suggests this extension is an interim measure ahead of a broader, codified approach to dormant plots.

Which body decided, and why

The decision sits with MIDC's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar regional administration, which manages plot allotment and compliance across the district's industrial estates. MIDC's own statement notes: "Our survey found around 250 plots remain unused, and notices have been issued to these owners." MIDC had issued notices to these unused-plot owners, warning that the plots could be taken back if a construction-completion certificate was not obtained and industry not started immediately. The December extension is MIDC's response after plot holders pushed back with explanations, rather than proceeding straight to reclamation.

Operative details: estates, area and scope

Plots across estates such as Waluj, Chikalthana, Railway Station, Paithan and Shendra have been allotted based on demand, and industrial growth in the district is picking up pace with major companies setting up in the Shendra and Bidkin belts of AURIC City under DMIC. The 254 non-compliant plots are spread across these older MIDC estates rather than concentrated in one location; the brief does not give a per-estate breakdown of how many of the 254 plots fall in Shendra specifically versus Waluj, Chikalthana, Railway Station or Paithan.

Shendra is administratively distinct from, but geographically adjacent to, the AURIC (Aurangabad Industrial City) project. AURIC itself is run by Maharashtra Industrial Township Limited (MITL) — the entity formerly known as Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited (AITL), a special purpose vehicle originally set up as a joint venture between the erstwhile Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (now under NICDC) and MIDC. No figures for construction rates, per-square-metre plot pricing, or specific boundary coordinates for the 254 plots were disclosed in the reporting.

Practical effect: contrast with AURIC's plot shortage

The extension highlights a mismatch within the same district. Even so, the 254 plots in question have remained without factories well past their deadline, even as thousands of entrepreneurs seeking plots are unable to get any, forcing many to set up on private land instead. In other words, older MIDC estates hold idle, allotted-but-unbuilt land while the newer AURIC/Bidkin belt under DMIC is filling up fast and turning away applicants for lack of available plots.

For existing holders of the 254 plots, the practical effect of this decision is a reprieve: they avoid immediate risk of plot reclamation if they now obtain a construction-completion certificate and start industrial activity before the new deadline. For prospective investors watching the AURIC/Bidkin corridor, the episode is a reminder that plot scarcity in the newer city has pushed some entrepreneurs toward private land instead of waiting on MIDC allotments.

What happens next

A formal policy on unused plots is expected to be finalised soon, which would set out more permanent rules — potentially including standard timelines, penalties, or reclamation procedures — for MIDC plots across Maharashtra, not just Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Until that policy is published, the December deadline for these 254 plot holders remains the operative compliance date on record.