MahaRERA recovers over ₹133 crore from defaulting builders
Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has recovered compensation worth more than ₹133.56 crore for homebuyers from real estate developers who have failed to handover the possession of apartments to the buyers.
The regulatory authority had issued 1,053 warrants to recover ₹627.70 crore from developers for delay in the handing over of the apartments, with a warning to freeze their bank accounts and attach assets. It has since initiated recovery against 190 developers.
This is one of the highest recoveries executed by any real estate regulator in the country.
MahaRERA has recovered more than ₹4.71 crore from a single real estate developer in Nagpur.
Real estate regulators issue recovery orders against developers who have failed to hand over possession of properties to homebuyers.
District collectors are responsible for the execution of the warrants.
However, many of these orders are not being complied with. Homebuyers and their associations have been raising concerns over non-enforcement of these orders.
In May, ET was first to report that in a bid to ensure protection to homebuyers, the central government had decided to assess the reasons for non-compliance of orders issued by the regulatory authorities set up under the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016.
«Despite the orders getting served, homebuyers are left in lurch as the enforcement of these orders is taking unreasonable time.
