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RERA 2016 transformed Indian real-estate regulation. Section 3 makes registration mandatory for projects above 8 units / 500 sq m. Section 11 mandates upload of sanctioned plan, financial information, and quarterly progress on the state RERA portal. Section 18 creates the refund-with-interest remedy for delayed possession — the principal buyer relief. Active state authorities include MahaRERA (most matured), RERA Karnataka, UP RERA, TN RERA, Telangana RERA, GujRERA, K-RERA Kerala, WB-HIRA. Appeals lie to state Real Estate Appellate Tribunals (REATs) within 60 days.
Statutory reference
RERA Act 2016
For a delayed homebuyer, RERA works in three moves. First, the complaint — e-filed with the state authority (UP RERA's Greater Noida bench for Noida projects, HRERA Gurugram for Gurugram district) with a modest statutory fee, decided mostly on documents. Second, the Section 18 choice: exit the project with a full refund plus prescribed interest on every payment, or stay and claim delay interest month by month — a genuine strategic decision that depends on the project's likelihood of completion. Third, execution, where cases are actually won or lost: an unpaid order becomes a recovery certificate enforced through the district revenue machinery as arrears of land revenue, with attachment of builder assets available. The builder's appeal to the appellate tribunal requires a pre-deposit of the refund ordered — which is why buyer-favourable orders carry real settlement leverage.
Worked example
A buyer paid ₹85 lakh for a Noida Extension flat promised in 2021 and still unfinished. She files a UP RERA complaint electing refund under Section 18. The authority orders a full refund with prescribed interest — the computation, run payment-by-payment from each instalment date, takes the total past ₹1.2 crore. The builder neither pays nor appeals (the appeal would need a matching pre-deposit), so a recovery certificate issues to the District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, who initiates attachment of the builder's unsold inventory. The builder settles: ₹1.05 crore in three tranches — recovered through execution pressure, not the order alone.
Related practice areas
Statute (Real Estate Regulation and Development Act 2016) creating state-level Real Estate Regulatory Authorities to register builder projects, supervise compliance, and adjudicate buyer complaints with 60-day decision mandate.
RERA is governed by RERA Act 2016. RERA 2016 transformed Indian real-estate regulation. Section 3 makes registration mandatory for projects above 8 units / 500 sq m. Section 11 mandates upload of sanctioned plan, financial information, and quarterly progress on the state RERA portal. Section 18 creates the refund-with-interest remedy for delayed possession — the principal buyer relief. Active state authorities include MahaRERA (most matured), RERA Karnataka, UP RERA, TN RERA, Telangana RERA, GujRERA, K-RERA Kerala, WB-HIRA. Appeals lie to state Real Estate Appellate Tribunals (REATs) within 60 days.
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