History and Background

• The Town Planning and Valuation Department is under the administrative control of the Urban Development Department..
• The department was established in the pre-independence era on 30 January 1914 in Bombay under the name of “Consulting Surveyor to Government”.
• Shri. A.E. Mirams was the first Consulting Surveyor to the Government of the Department.
• The Bombay Town Planning Act, of 1915, first came into existence in the then-Bombay Province in the year 1915.
• On 1st August, 1915 the headquarters of the department shifted from Bombay to Pune.
• At that time, due to the need to provide public facilities such as water, roads, electricity, etc. for Mumbai, Pune, and Thane, the Act was enacted and according to its provisions, it was possible to develop a part of the city through Town Planning Schemes.
• However, development under this law was not mandatory but voluntary. After independence, The Industrial Revolution started in the country and in that respect, new cities were developed. Development started with the help of five-year plans in the country and given that, the concept of planned development of new cities came into existence.
• Thus in 1954, the provisions for the preparation of the Development Plan were included in the Act, and in accordance with this provision, it has become mandatory for the Planning Authority to prepare the Development Plan for the areas under their jurisdiction.
• But with time, development started happening outside the city limits, and as there was no provision to control the development on the fringes, these areas witnessed uncontrolled development. To curb the same, the concept of comprehensive development of urban and rural areas came forward.
• On 10th November 1965, this department was designated as “Director, Town Planning and Valuation Department.”
• The Director, Town Planning is the head of this department, and he is the chief consultant to the Government regarding Urban planning and Development in the State.
• Taking into account the uncontrolled development taking place outside the boundaries of the metropolitan cities, during 1965-66, the government constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Dhananjairao Gadgil.
• As per the recommendations made by the said committee, the concept of Regional Planning and New Towns came forward and since then the Maharashtra Regional Planning and Town Planning Act, 1966 came into existence.

  Consulting Surveyor to Government

Sr.No.	Name Of Officer	Period
1	Mr.A.E.Mirams	30.01.1914	31.05.1930
2	Mr.T.H.G.Stamper	01.06.1930	21.07.1938
3	Shri.G.B.Soparkar	22.07.1938	07.06.1943
4	Shri.H.Khan	08.06.1943	30.06.1949
5	Shri.G.J.Desai	01.07.1949	30.06.1952
6	Shri.V.K.Bakre	01.07.1952	05.07.1962
7	Shri.B.T.Talim	06.07.1962	09.11.1962

Director of Town Planning, Maharashtra State , Pune

Sr.No.	Name Of Officer	Period
1	Shri. B.T.Talim	10.11.1962	14.05.1972
2	Shri. J.G.Keskar	15.05.1972	31.03.1985
3	Shri.P.G.Sardesai	01.04.1985	30.11.1986
4	Shri.P.T.Hardikar	01.12.1986	31.12.1988
5	Shri.P.G.Borwankar	01.01.1989	31.05.1990
6	Shri.G.L.Madame	01.06.1990	31.07.1994
7	Shri.A.R.Patharkar	01.08.1994	31.05.2002
8	Shri.V.M.Kinhikar	01.06.2002	30.11.2003
9	Shri.V.W.Deshpande	01.12.2003	31.01.2004
10	Shri.P.V.Deshmukh	01.02.2004	31.10.2004
11	Shri.S.D.Landge	01.11.2004	20.06.2006
12	Shri.K.S.Akode I/C	21.06.2006	03.08.2006
13	Shri.Rajan A.Kop I/C	04.08.2006	04.01.2008
14	Shri.S.D.Landge	05.01.2008	04.06.2012
15	Shri.K.S.Akode	05.06.2012	20.05.2015
16	Shri.Rajan A.Kop	21.05.2015	30.04.2016
17	Shri.N.R.Shende	30.04.2016	12.06.2020
18	Shri.S.B.Nangnure	12.06.2020	30.11.2021
19	Shri.Avinash B.Patil	01.12.2021	17.04.2025
20	Smt.Dr.Pratibha U.Bhadane	17.04.2025