Show cause notices sent by MahaRERA to 197 developers who printed advertisements without MahaRERA numbers. This includes Mumbai 82, Pune 86 and Nagpur 29 developers
After the hearing, 90 cases were settled and MahaRERA fined the developers a total of 18.30 lakhs ranging from 10 thousand to 1.5 lakhs. 11.85 lakhs was recovered. This includes 52 developers from Mumbai region, 34 from Pune region and 4 from Nagpur region
MahaRERA has sent notices to 197 developers in the state who are printing advertisements of housing projects without MahaRERA number.
Of these a hearing in case of 90 developers was held by MahaRERA where fines ranging from Rs 10,000, Rs 25,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh totaling to Rs 18.30 lakh was imposed of this Rs 11.85 lakh has been recovered.
It includes 52 developers in Mumbai area, 34 in Pune area and 4 in Nagpur area. Remaining i.e. 107 developers hearing process is going on.
In the beginning, only in the Mumbai headquarters, the hearings were held in this regard. Now apart from Mumbai, inspections and hearings have also started in the regional offices of MahaRERA in Pune and Nagpur. Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, Konkan, Thane are included within the Mumbai area. Pune region includes the districts of Kolhapur, Solapur, Nashik, Ahmednagar while Nagpur region includes the districts of Marathwada and Vidarbha.
In these advertisement some developers in spite of MahaRERA registration number did not print it in the advertisement or it was printed in such fine print that it could not be read. It has also been pointed out that MahaRERA number is not printed in many advertisements on Facebook, online and similar social media.
It is mandatory as per RERA act, that all advertisements of MahaRERA registered projects should have the registration number allotted. Any advertisement without the registration number means a violation of the law.
