Litigants at MahaRERA have expressed concerns about the delay in getting hearing dates, which are scheduled around six to nine months later. This is in addition to the fact that many of the litigants get a hearing date only after a year since filing their complaints with the quasi judicial body. Even as there are over 5,000 cases pending, only two benches are functional at the moment. In view of this, there is a rising demand for appointment of additional benches as the pendency of cases with MahaRERA is increasing with each passing day.

‘Have to wait for 8 months’

Pradeep Vallia, who is living in a rented flat paying Rs 30,000 per month in Kandivli, had booked a 4BHK flat on the 21st floor Evershine Cosmic in Andheri West in 2013 by paying Rs 1.5 crore of the total Rs 2.38 crore. He was supposed to avail bank loan for the remaining amount, but fortunately he did not as the project has come to an abrupt halt. Vallia and several other flat buyers had first approached MahaRERA in December 2019, but the case came up for hearing only in April 2021. The bench had directed for conciliation in the case, but it did not work out.