Bombay High Court directs civic planning bodies to link websites with MahaRERA portal for transparency, safeguarding homebuyers

A part seat of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar passed the judgement connected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by designer Sandeep Pandurang Patil from Dombivli, who sought directions to found accountability among the government, MahaRERA and section readying authorities.

The precocious tribunal asked the authorities authorities to rigorously comply with the Urban Development Department (UDD)’s authorities solution (GR) of February 23, 2023, which mandated standardising procedures for issuance and work of CCS and OCs and ensuring transparent entree to accusation for homebuyers.

The tribunal besides said that until afloat integration is achieved, each civic bodies indispensable guarantee that CCs and OCS are uploaded connected their websites wrong 48 hours of issuance truthful that interim transparency is maintained and nationalist entree is provided.

The petitioner claimed that afloat integration was required to forestall the registration of amerciable buildings, verify the authenticity of documents submitted for task registration, and support homebuyers from fraudulent existent property practices.

Advocate P I Bhujbal for Patil besides raised concerns implicit wide unauthorised operation successful 27 villages successful Kalyan and Ambernath talukas and claimed that the aforesaid was owed to forged documents submitted by the developers to civic authorities.

The tribunal noted that “any aggrieved enactment retains the close to attack MahaRERA done due ineligible proceedings arsenic permitted nether the RERA Act, 2016, to question cancellation of a project’s registration” and the Authority tin revoke oregon suspend registrations successful lawsuit of prima facie grounds of fraud, misrepresentation oregon usage of forged documents for obtaining CCs.

It besides directed MahaRERA to verify the authenticity of each certificates submitted by promoters since June 19, 2023. Registration should beryllium granted aft owed verification truthful that lone projects with genuine documents are registered, the tribunal said.

The seat asked the authorities authorities to implicit the integration of the Building Plan Management System (BPMS) with MahaRERA’s online strategy wrong 3 months truthful that the existent property authorization tin cross-verify certificates and mitigate the hazard of fraudulent submissions.

Disposing of the PIL, the tribunal further directed MahaRERA to demolish wrong 3 months the amerciable structures successful the country constructed by submitting forged documents and asked the constabulary stations to assistance civic officials successful removing occupants.