New rules in favour of buyers, town and country planning dept insists
GURGAON: The department of town and country planning( TCP) said the rules of Ha ryan a’ s Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) are in homebuyers’ favour and will redress their grievances against developers.
Home buyers have alleged that the TCP diluted Central RERA rules to benefit developers. In Haryana’s version of the RERA Act, developers who have occupation certificate( O C) will be outside RE RA’ sam bit. Taking advantage of this, developers whose projects are delayed or who are not in a position to deliver homes applied with the TCP to obtain O Cs. Home buyers said the TCP will not initiate action against developers who have applied for OCs.
Responding to this, Arun Kumar Gupta, financial commis- sioner (FC), TCP, Haryana said, “The Haryana government included O Cs as per provisions of the Central RERA. Applying for OC does not ensure that developers will be exempted from penalties under RE RA. This is a major point of confusion and I wish to clarify that O Cs will be granted to developers only after site inspections are conducted by officials. If OCs are rejected, the TCP will grant developer a month to apply for registration under RERA.”
“Our focus is on homebuyers who have been deprived of timely delivery of their flats. This will be crystal clear in a couple of months. The TCP is not going to let any defaulting builder go,” said Gupta.
As per RERA rules, no promoter shall advertise, market, book, sell or offer for sale, or invite persons to purchase in any manner any plot, apartment or building, as the case may be, in any real estate project or part of it, in any planning area, without registering the real estate project.
“We appeal to people to inform the department if they find any RERA violations. The Act has adequate provisions to tighten the noose on developers for violating the rules,” said Dilbag Singh, executive director, Haryana RERA.
Applying for OC does not ensure that developers will be exempted from penalties. ARUN KUMAR GUPTA, financial commissioner, TCP, Haryana