MHADA AutoDCR Pune — Building Permission on MHADA Layouts (2026)
AutoDCR is the automated building-plan scrutiny software MHADA (and some other authorities) use to check drawings against development-control rules before a human sees the file. If your plot is in a MHADA layout in Pune, this is the permission path — not PMC BPMS.
1. What MHADA AutoDCR is
AutoDCR reads CAD drawings against the rule book: FSI, setbacks, height, parking, occupancy. It returns queries as rule failures, not as a polite letter. Architects who file “pretty” PDFs that are not layered to the AutoDCR template get bounced before scrutiny. It does not replace the Occupancy Certificate, the structural certificate, or the title file.
2. When you use AutoDCR vs PMC / PCMC / PMRDA
MHADA layouts and MHADA-redevelopment cases file through MHADA’s AutoDCR / proposal system. Ordinary PMC plots use PMC’s BPMS / e-permission. PCMC has its own e-sanction. PMRDA has development permission then building permission. Filing the wrong portal wastes weeks. Confirm from the allotment letter, the layout sanction, and the 7/12 / property card — not from the neighbour’s story.
3. Documents the AutoDCR file expects
Title (allotment / lease / conveyance as applicable), layout sanction, architect’s CAD in the prescribed layers, structural drawings, soil test where required, NOCs the layout demands (fire, environment — plot-size dependent), and fees. MHADA plots often have extra conditions in the allotment (use, transfer, mortgage) that AutoDCR will not catch — your advocate still reads those.
4. Typical AutoDCR rejections on Pune MHADA plots
Layer naming that does not match the template. Built-up that exceeds the layout’s remaining FSI. Parking shortfall. Setback to the MHADA road / open space, not just to your fence. Occupancy (residential vs shop) that the allotment forbids. Fix in CAD, re-upload; do not argue with the first automated query unless the rule mapping is actually wrong.
5. Timeline and who talks to whom
Clean AutoDCR files still go to a human for site and title. Budget weeks, not days. The architect owns the CAD; we coordinate title, soil and the construction programme so the sanctioned plan matches what we will actually build. Starting excavation on a “submitted” AutoDCR file is unauthorised work.
6. After sanction — CC, stages, OC
Same logic as any Pune bungalow: commencement before excavation, stage inspections, occupancy at the end. MHADA may retain layout-level conditions (common areas, parking) that your OC will check. Keep the sanctioned CAD, not only the PDF stamp.
Real questions, real answers.
What is MHADA AutoDCR?
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Automated building-plan scrutiny used on MHADA (and some other) proposals. It checks CAD drawings against DC rules before human scrutiny.
Does every Pune plot use AutoDCR?
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No. Ordinary PMC/PCMC/PMRDA plots use those authorities’ portals. AutoDCR applies when MHADA is the sanctioning path — typically MHADA layouts and MHADA redevelopment.
Why was my AutoDCR file rejected immediately?
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Usually CAD layers / template mismatch or an FSI-setback-parking rule fail. Re-file with the prescribed template rather than a pretty PDF.
Can Arsa file MHADA AutoDCR?
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We prepare construction drawings with a registered architect to the authority’s template and coordinate the file. The architect is the statutory applicant on the CAD.
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