Hyderabad-based builder penalised Rs 2.81 lakh for non-registration of the residential project

Hyderabad-based RR Constructions has been fined ₹2.81 lakh by TG RERA for failing to register its Adikmet project. The builder must apply for an Occupancy Certificate and resolve several structural and quality complaints within 30 days.

Hyderabad: Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority directed a city-based builder, RR Constructions to pay Rs 2.81 lakh as a penalty, for failing to register their project, Sree Vajra Residency, in Lalitha Nagar in Adikmet.

TG RERA in its orders issued on July 1 also instructed the respondent must immediately apply to obtain the ‘Occupancy Certificate’ (OC), which must then be provided to the association of allottees.

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Mudrakartha Veenadhari (complainant) is residing at flat No 302, Sree Vajra Residency, at Lalithanagar in Adikmet, and complained that she made a representation to the builder of Sree Vajra Residency, seeking an occupancy certificate for her flat.

Several requests were made to the respondent to show any documentary proof or evidence, whether he applied or not. “Subsequently, I undertook independent verification with the authorities of the GHMC Secunderabad Zone and found no such application had been made for two and a half years, after the completion of construction.” Veenadhari complained to the TG RERA authority.

The complainant also made an allegation that the respondent constructed 10 flats on the site measuring 459.22 sq metres, although the sanctioned building plan only permitted the construction of eight flats. The builder committed an unauthorised deviation of the RERA Act 2016, and she complained accordingly to the TG RERA.

Moreover, she also complained about several deficiencies including water inundation in the parking area due to lack of adequate slopes and rainwater shades, inferior quality of internal and external painting, which is prone to discoloration, and stains, substandard plumbing and sanitary fittings necessitating premature replacement, poor plastering quality resulting in cement patches upon minor impact, and fungal growth posing health risk, and providing a transformer, to the RERA authority.

The respondent denied the allegation made by the complainant. He said that nothing but an abuse of the process of law ought to be dismissed with exemplary costs.

Based on the facts and evidence submitted by the respondent, N Satyanarayana, chairman of the TG RERA and two other members of TGRERA, including K Srinivas Rao, Laxmi Naryana Jannu, issued orders on July 1, and stated that the respondent is liable for penalty as per RERA Act 2016, directed to pay a penalty of Rs 2,81,276, within 30 days to the TG RERA.

“The respondent must immediately apply to obtain the ‘Occupancy Certificate’ (OC), which must then be provided to the association of allottees,” according to the orders of the TG RERA chairman.

The builder (respondent) is also directed to rectify the water inundation and ensure the transformer is functional, within 30 days from the date of receipt of the TG RERA’s order.