MahaRERA Nagpur orders builder to hand over possession in 30 days, pay Rs 20,000 cost
· Reported by Times of India
Maharashtra's real estate regulator ordered a builder to hand over possession of a plot at Besa-Ghogli within 30 days and pay Rs 20,000 in costs to buyer Payal Bagade, after finding the builder had delayed delivery beyond the promised timeline without adequate justification. The order reinforces MahaRERA's willingness to impose firm possession deadlines and cost penalties on delayed plot and flat deliveries.
What this changes for a title check
This is a routine but useful data point for anyone assessing a builder's track record before a client buys into a project: a MahaRERA order like this becomes part of the public regulatory history against that developer and should be pulled up during due diligence on any other project by the same builder, since a pattern of delayed-possession orders is a meaningful red flag beyond what a clean sale deed or registered agreement alone would show.
For an existing buyer in a delayed project, this order is also a template for what relief MahaRERA actually grants, a fixed possession deadline plus a modest cost award, rather than the larger interest-based compensation available under Section 18 of the RERA Act for cases where a buyer seeks a refund instead of possession. A title check for a buyer purchasing a resale unit in this same project should confirm the possession order has actually been complied with and the seller genuinely holds physical possession before relying on the transaction, rather than assuming compliance from the order's existence alone.