Revenue officials cite obstacles to carrying out MahaRERA orders.

PUNE: The state’s revenue officials have cited difficulties in enforcing Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) recovery warrant orders, with developer properties to be auctioned either on lien or rent or already mortgaged to financial institutions.

Authorities are working hard to ensure that nearly 751 recovery warrant orders are carried out and that homebuyers receive their money.

The collectorate seizes and auctions the disputed developer’s property in order to compensate the wronged party. After the collector issues an attachment certificate, the property is attached, and the developer is given the opportunity to repay the amount. If he or she does not comply, the property will be auctioned off.

When Tehsildars assigned to the project visited the developers’ offices, they discovered that the properties had already been attached and could not be auctioned. Regardless of the fact that notifications have been issued, the auction cannot occur because properties have been mortgaged to financial institutions.” “These orders are technically difficult to carry out.” A tehsildar has stated.

The majority of the state’s 751 recovery warrant orders are for projects in Mumbai, Pune, and Thane. The most recovery warrant orders are in Mumbai city (25) and Mumbai suburban (314), followed by Pune and Thane, which have 160 and 115, respectively. The warrants were issued in connection with 292 Maharashtra projects, including 90 in Mumbai and its environs, 84 in Pune, 59 in Thane, and 22 in Raigad. The recovery warrant orders are worth a total of Rs717 crore.

Deputy Chief Minister and Housing Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated during the last assembly session that he would soon establish a mechanism to clear the outstanding recovery warrants. However, because of these impediments, carrying out these orders is nearly impossible. The state government, according to a collector, should address this issue.

The execution of MahaRERA orders at the collector’s office is not going as planned, according to Ramesh Prabhu, chairman of the Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association. “The deputy director simply forwards MahaRERA warrants to the tehsildar’s office.” There is currently no system or mechanism in place to allow the collector or tehsildar to carry out all the warrants.” This is precisely what he said.

They claim that even the resolution of complaints is not done in a timely manner. “Three years after a complaint is filed, MahaRERA holds hearings; complaints filed in 2019 are currently being investigated,” Prabhu explained. “Due to a shortage of officers to manage the cases, the authority takes six to eight months to issue the order after the listening is completed and the complaints are reserved for the order.”

According to reports, it takes 12-18 months for an execution petition filed with MahaRERA to be heard. As a result, “holders have started to lose faith in RERA’s activity,” he continued. “I haven’t obtained any calls from the collector’s desk about the execution of the order,” said a homeowner who works in an IT firm.