1,700 suggestions on what Haryana RERA should be like

Possession delays, what should come under the definition of incomplete projects, agreement to sale applicability and the details of information to be submitted by the builder at the time of the project registration comprise the subject matter of bulk of suggestions and objections received by the Haryana Interim Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera).

“We have received around 1700 suggestions from both buyers and developers. We are analyzing them,” said Arun Kumar Gupta, principal secretary, town and country planning (TCP) department cum interim Rera.

SUGGESTIONS AND OBJECTIONS

Buyers have sought stricter penalties against builders for possession delays. Suggestions have also come on how much delay period should be condoned, and from when the delay should be counted.

Full disclosure of information on the part of the builder including any instances of court cases or registration of FIR (first information report) against the builder, PAN (permanent account number) details also forms part of many suggestions submitted.

The state draft Rera rules kept projects in which builders have applied for completion certificate out of the Rera purview. This contradicted the original Rera Act that mandated all incomplete projects to be under the Rera.

On this also suggestions and objections have come delving what should be the definition of a completed project, and what should be the deadline for such projects – May 1 or July 31.

Suggestions also pertain to what should be the terms and conditions regarding the changes that a builder can make in the project layout plans, amenities, fixtures, etc after the sale of the housing unit is made to the buyer. What will happen to the old agreement of sale once the Rera rules are notified is also one of the concerns in the suggestions made.

DILUTING THE ACT

On the charge of dilution of the Act leveled against the state government, Dilbag Singh Sihag, executive director of Rera, said, “These are only draft rules. In order to make the process transparent and participatory we had sought public suggestions and objections.

Finals rules will be notified only after taking into account all suggestions and objections. The government priority is that the builder must deliver what he promised to the buyer.”

The state government had given 15 days for the submission of the suggestions and objections on April 28 with the publication of draft Rera rules.