The wait for justice at MahaRERA has become longer as the conciliation process, which is to be completed within 90 days, takes over an entire year. Experts practising in MahaRERA said that the quasi-judicial body needs to do some retrospection and come up with proactive measures in the larger interest of litigants and to deliver justice in a time-bound manner.

Ramesh Prabhu, founder chairman of MahaSEWA, said, “MahaRERA has over 6,000 cases pending and a major issue faced by the litigants today is the delayed hearing. We must understand that litigant’s approach MahaRERA as a last resort, after all their discussions on settlement fail with the developer. Even after they have filed an application, it comes up for first hearing after four to five months, which is then, with the consent of parties, sent to the conciliation forum. For this, the stipulated time frame is 60 to 90 days, but it is often delayed. And for those litigants who refuse to go for conciliation, have to wait longer as cases are taken up on seniority basis.”