Telangana RERA panel in next 3 months inspired by Maharashtra RERA model

By Realty Quarter Bureau

The Telangana government will be constituting Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in next 3 months with representatives from civil society and others effective implementation of the RERA.

Apart from members of the civil society, lawyers, builders, architects and town planning experts will form part of the advisory panel. The government will engage IT experts and take the help of agencies that oversaw implementation of RERA in Maharashtra to replicate the model here.

Principal secretary, municipal administration, Arvind Kumar told a delegation of Forum for People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE), Fight for RERA, a pan-India movement, and U-FERWAS that the new panel will be in place by July. He said a high-level government delegation had visited Maharashtra and Karnataka to study implementation of RERA and launch of RERA website. Arvind Kumar held detailed discussions on RERA following a representation from FPCE.

Earlier, the delegation urged the government to repeal Telangana state rules and issue a notification of new rules in line with the central real estate rules. It also asked the government to constitute and appoint a permanent RERA to monitor the functioning and launching of TS RERA website.

This is to enable registration of projects and upload promoter-wise details, approved plans, ownership documents, summary of number of projects registered along with number of units by real estate developers and agents. Vice-president, FPCE, BT Srinivasan, director, municipal administration and urban development, Balakrishna, chief city planner, GHMC, Devendar Reddy, director, town and country planning, K Vidyadhar, representatives of FPCE, UFERWAS were present.