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Former chief secretary of Maharashtra and Journalist Manoj Saunik was recently appointed as the chairman of Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA).
Manoj Saunik belongs to 1987 batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer who retired as CS of Maharashtra in December 2023 and was serving as principal advisor to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. With this new appointment as the chairman of MahaRERA Saunik replaced Ajoy Mehta.
According to the Real Estate Regulatory Act of Indian Government, the chairman can stay in his position for five years or when the chairman completes 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
Before Mehta, Gautam Chatterjee of 1982 batch was handling the position of chairman who was also the first chairman of MahaRERA since its inception.
Since MahaRERA’s beginning in May 2017, more than 47000projects have been registered and more than 15,000 projects have been completed, according to the report.
Alongside, the authority has received more than 26,000 complaints against real estate projects of which 17,000 orders have been passed against these complaints.
Since Ajay Mehta’s tenure, so many landmark decisions and orders were passed such as project information disclosure, standardised format for agreement and allotment letter, parking allotment to homebuyers, setting up control room, establishing grievance redressal cell, setting up of different escrow accounts in the bank to ensure timely project completion.
Recently, in July 2024, The authority has made it mandatory to mention the delivery date of amenities and the occupation certificate in the agreement for sale. The order was made effective from July 30, 2024.
it also added that,few amenities like swimming pool, tennis court, badminton court, theaters, club house, gymnasium, table tennis area, squash court, giant chess area, garden, senior citizen zone, jogging track, juice bar, children play area, among others have to be mentioned in the document
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