Rera Remains Toothless Even After Six Years

Manish Tripathi, 35, a senior manager in a private bank, had booked a flat in Ansal’s Sushant Aquapolis, Ghaziabad, in 2011. The flat was due for possession in August 2015. He had invested Rs 24 lakh of his hard-earned money for the flat, but even now, it’s under construction. When he approached the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) for assistance in 2018, he says he received only new dates of delivery. Every time, the builder was given more time to complete the project, he claims. Even after multiple requests, Rera hasn’t issued any order to the builder to refund him. Worse, the builder hasn’t bothered to implement a single order of Rera, even those under Section 63 of the RERA Act, which stipulates penalty for failure to comply with Rera orders. “The order wasn’t followed, and Rera judges have favoured the builder and not buyers like me. When...