By Varun Singh

MahaRERA has issued a Standard Operating Procedure for online hearings through video conferencing.

Coronavirus (COVID -19) continues to remain a major public health hazard across the world. Hence it has become important to undertake safety and precautionary measures to contain its spread.

This includes social distancing, avoiding physical public gathering, meetings and leveraging technology to minimise physical human interface.

Accordingly, MahaRERA also leveraged its digital platform to ensure non-stop online delivery of all its services (even during entire lockdown phase) including:

• Project Registration
• Agent Registrations
• Project Extensions / Corrections
• Filing of Complaints
• Project updates and so on

During the later stages of lockdown, MahaRERA initiated the procedure for online hearings through video conferencing, of urgent matters, after urgency of the matter was established by the full bench of MahaRERA.

In the meantime, MahaRERA has worked on enhancing its complaint management IT application so that the entire complaint procedure including filing of complaints, reply by respondents, counter replies by both complainants and respondents, hearings, judgements can be done online, from home, without any need to visit MahaRERA Office.

The circular says, “MahaRERA, shall, henceforth, use online mode to re-start regular hearing of cases through video conferencing.”

With this initiative, all MahaRERA services and operations can be delivered digitally, without any need for physical visit by allottees, promoters, agents, advocates and others to MahaRERA offices. MahaRERA will thus be 100% digital with zero paper and zero footfalls.

MahaRERA expects no outside visitors to its office premises, without prior appointment. Online, e-meetings shall be encouraged for every interaction, including meetings for doubt clarifications. E-meetings can be scheduled with respective officials by dropping an email to them.

MahaRERA has also come out with guidelines on how to connect to the video call, like issuing of password and other aspects.

One can go through the entire circular here

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By Varun Singh

With the government both at centre and state announcing extension of lockdown. MahaRERA has taken few steps to continue its work with certain restrictions.

A notice was issued by MahaRERA’s secretary Dr Vasant Prabhu on Monday. It listed important points.

The notice states, that “MahaRERA shall continue its operations and online delivery of all its services.”

This includes Project Registrations, Agent Registrations, Project Extensions / Corrections / Updates and Filing of complaints. This will done with all staff working digitally.

MahaRERA will also hear cases but it shall be decided based on the urgency of the mater.

Only urgent matters shall be listed and urgency of a matter shall be decided by the full bench of authority.

Anyone who wants his urgent to be heard will have to make an application for hearing of urgent matters.

The application has to be submitted to Secretary, MahaRERA at secy@maharera.mahaonline.gov.in.

The lockdown for now because of the Coronavirus pandemic has been extended till May 17. Post which the authority will review the situation and decide accordingly.

The last part of the notice reds, “The working of MahaRERA from 18th May 2020, will be decided only after further review and subject to further directions from Government of India as well as Government of Maharashtra.”

MahaRERA had earlier announced that registered projects where completion date, expires on or after March 15, 2020, the period of validity for registration of such projects shall be extended by three months.

Because of Coronavirus scare, a lockdown was announced, post which the Construction work in registered projects has been severely affected. Hence, the authority took this decision.

MahaRERA uploaded 85 orders of suo-motu action it took against realty projects in March. Since January, MahaRERA has uploaded around 167 suo-motu orders against realty projects. 

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