{"id":47229,"date":"2021-03-08T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/?p=47229"},"modified":"2021-03-08T15:16:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T09:46:19","slug":"file-a-complaint-against-project-under-rera-or-not-registered-with-rera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/file-a-complaint-against-project-under-rera-or-not-registered-with-rera\/","title":{"rendered":"How to file a Complaint against Project under RERA or Not registered with RERA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

RERA stands for Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act. The Act was enacted in the parliament in May 2016 and came into force from 1st<\/sup> May 2017. RERA is an act for regulating and promoting the real estate sector to ensure the sale of apartments, plot, or building efficiently and transparently. Also, the Act aims to protect the interest of consumers. The Act is required to resolve the issues in the real estate sector pertaining to the projects. Since the formation of RERA, it is acting as a guard for the buyers from fraud builders in India. In this article, we will focus on how to file a complaint against project under RERA or not registered with RERA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buyers under RERA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, safeguards buyers’ interest against all the builders and the developers’ fraudulent activities. The implementation of RERA ensures fair trades practices. It provides the buyer’s rights to lodge a complaint against builder or developers for non-compliance of the projects under RERA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The buyer can file a complaint about the projects under RERA or non- RERA. The Act provides a grievance mechanism to protect the interest of the home-buyers for fraudulent activities. The Act has entirely transformed by setting up an authority where the seekers can file the complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, this remedy does not apply to buyers who have completed the transaction before implementing the Act. In this case, the buyers have to register their complaint at the other redressal forum, namely, consumer forums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complaints against registered Project under RERA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is mandatory for all the developers and builders to register their projects under RERA. This allows the buyers to have regular updates on the development of an under-construction project and file complaint to the authority, against the buyers and the developers, in case of any grievances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 31 of the RERA Act, 2016, talks about an aggrieved person can file a complaint to the authority against the builder or developer related to the project under RERA. The complaint can be filed under Form ‘A’ of Section 31 of the RERA Act, 2016<\/strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup>. The complainant should enter the details along with the registration number of the project<\/a><\/strong>, builder or developer and the details against whom the complaint is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to file a complaint for a project under RERA?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The aggrieved person must follow the following steps to file a complaint under RERA:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Steps<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Step 1- <\/strong>Visit the State’s official website to file a complaint online. Alternatively, one can file an offline complaint as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2- <\/strong>Fill out the complaint form with the details of the complaint. Include the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n