The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) of Delhi has ordered the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to register all their ongoing e-auction schemes where plots, flats, or shops remain for auction by May 1, 2017.
The order came following complaints by the Residents Welfare Association of Rohini where plots were auctioned in 2013 but the development work was not carried out by the DDA.
Delhi RERA has said since about 150 of the 1,000 plots were left for auction by May 1, 2017, DDA is bound to register this scheme and any other scheme where it sells real-estate assets after this lifetime.
“We are going as per the guidelines and homebuyers’ stake is a priority for us. Everyone in the real-estate sector has to get registered, be it a government agency or private developers”, said RERA Chairman, Anand Kumar.
Complainants have sought relief by asking RERA to direct the respondents to perform the function and duties in respect of the subject project in accordance with the layout plans as approved by the DDA- screening committee in 2013, including the construction of an 18-meter peripheral road.
They had also requested RERA to take action against the respondents for not registering for this project. “They had not failed to abide by the law of the land but continued to ignore the provision of the law. The legislature by enacting the RE (RD) Act 2016 not only wanted to protect the buyers but also make promoters, including government agencies, accountable for their actions, RERA has said in the order.
Recently, Delhi RERA registered 18 projects for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) ending the tussle between the two authorities over the registration of projects by the government body.
In December 2021, the RERA issued an order asking the DDA to get the projects registered to protect the interests of the homebuyers but the DDA filed an appeal in the case. While the hearing was continuing, the DDA filed an application in July with details of the projects and the RERA-issued registration certificates. The DDA has said before that these projects were self-funded by the government and that the apartments would not be sold or given to buyers until the project was finished.
