Duties of Promoters

  • Enter into a registered agreement for sale in the prescribed format before receiving 10 percent or more of the cost of the apartment/plot/ villa/shop.
  • 70% of funds received from allottees must be deposited in a designated bank account for the project. The withdrawals can be made only based on the certificate based on progress report of the work by an Engineer, an Architect, and a Chartered Accountant.
  • Upload physical and financial project progress including the number of bookings on the K-RERA website every quarter.
  • Adhere to sanctioned plans and project specifications. Any changes or additions to the approved plans, layout, or specifications of the building or common areas within the project can only be made with the prior written consent of at least two-thirds of the allottees, excluding the promoter.
  • Rectify any structural defect or any other defect in workmanship, quality, or provision of services or any other obligations of the promoter as per the agreement for sale relating to such development up to a period of five years from the date of handing over the apartment.
  • If the promoter fails to give possession of the apartment, plot, or building, as per the terms of the agreement, or discontinues the business due to suspension or revocation of registration under this Act or related Rules and Regulations, then he is liable to do a refund of the amount paid along with interest at a prescribed rate and compensation, as provided by this Act. In case the allottee wants to continue with the allotment, the promoter should pay an interest for delay. The interest rate prescribed in both cases is the Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) of State Bank of India plus two percent. 
  • Facilitate the formation of an Allottees' Association within three months of the majority of allottees’ booking.
  • Obtain Occupancy Certificate from the Competent Authority, upload the same to the webpage of the project, and make it available to the Allottees’ Association.
  • Execute Conveyance Deed in favour of allottees within three months from the date of receipt of Occupancy Certificate.
  • Hand over the originals of all project-related documents to the Allottees’ Association before exiting the project.
  • Transfer all the common areas to the Allottees' Association upon completion of the project. 
  • Get the project accounts audited within six months of the end of every financial year by a practicing Chartered Accountant and the same shall be uploaded to the K-RERA website and is available to the public.
  • Shall not transfer or assign the project to a third party without getting the prior written consent of at least two-thirds of the allottees and prior permission of the Authority.

Section 11: Functions and duties of Promoter - The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016

What are the Functions and duties of a promoter under section 11 of The Real Estate (Regulation and Development Act, 2016). The functions and duties of the promoter is defined under Section 11 of the Act. Provisions under Section 11 are:

Section 11 "Functions and duties of the promoter" - The Real Estate (Regulation and Development Act, 2016)

(1) The promoter shall, upon receiving his Login Id and password under clause (a) of sub-section (1) or under sub-section (2) of section 5, as the case may be, create his web page on the website of the Authority and enter all details of the proposed project as provided
under sub-section (2) of section 4, in all the fields as provided, for public viewing, including-

(a) details of the registration granted by the Authority;

(b) quarterly up-to-date the list of number and types of apartments or plots, as the case may be, booked;

(c) quarterly up-to-date the list of number of garages booked;

(d) quarterly up-to-date the list of approvals taken and the approvals which are pending subsequent to commencement certificate;

(e) quarterly up-to-date status of the project; and

(f) such other information and documents as may be specified by the regulations made by the Authority.

(2) The advertisement or prospectus issued or published by the promoter shall mention prominently the website address of the Authority, wherein all details of the registered project have been entered and include the registration number obtained from the Authority and such other matters incidental thereto.

(3) The promoter at the time of the booking and issue of allotment letter shall be responsible to make available to the allottee, the following information, namely:-

(a) sanctioned plans, layout plans, along with specifications, approved by the competent authority, by display at the site or such other place as may be specified by the regulations made by the Authority;

(b) the stage wise time schedule of completion of the project, including the provisions for civic infrastructure like water, sanitation and electricity.

(4) The promoter shall-

(a) be responsible for all obligations, responsibilities and functions under the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations made thereunder or to the allottees as per the agreement for sale, or to the association of allottees, as the case may be, till the conveyance of all the apartments, plots or buildings, as the case may be, to the allottees, or the common areas to the association of allottees or the competent authority, as the case may be:

Provided that the responsibility of the promoter, with respect to the structural defect or any other defect for such period as is referred to in sub-section (3) of section 14, shall continue even after the conveyance deed of all the apartments, plots or buildings, as the case may be, to the allottees are executed.

(b) be responsible to obtain the completion certificate or the occupancy certificate, or both, as applicable, from the relevant competent authority as per local laws or other laws for the time being in force and to make it available to the allottees individually or to the association of allottees, as the case may be;

(c) be responsible to obtain the lease certificate, where the real estate project is
developed on a leasehold land, specifying the period of lease, and certifying that all dues and charges in regard to the leasehold land has been paid, and to make the lease certificate available to the association of allottees;

(d) be responsible for providing and maintaining the essential services, on reasonable charges, till the taking over of the maintenance of the project by the association of the allottees;

(e) enable the formation of an association or society or co-operative society, as the case may be, of the allottees, or a federation of the same, under the laws applicable:

Provided that in the absence of local laws, the association of allottees, by whatever name called, shall be formed within a period of three months of the majority of allottees having booked their plot or apartment or building, as the case may be, in the project;

(f) execute a registered conveyance deed of the apartment, plot or building, as the case may be, in favour of the allottee along with the undivided proportionate title in the common areas to the association of allottees or competent authority, as the case may be, as provided under section 17 of this Act;

(g) pay all outgoings until he transfers the physical possession of the real estate
project to the allottee or the associations of allottees, as the case may be, which he has collected from the allottees, for the payment of outgoings (including land cost, ground rent, municipal or other local taxes, charges for water or electricity, maintenance charges, including mortgage loan and interest on mortgages or other encumbrances and such other liabilities payable to competent authorities, banks and financial institutions, which are related to the project):

Provided that where any promoter fails to pay all or any of the outgoings collected by him from the allottees or any liability, mortgage loan and interest thereon before transferring the real estate project to such allottees, or the association of the allottees, as the case may be, the promoter shall continue to be liable, even after the transfer of the property, to pay such outgoings and penal charges, if any, to the authority or person to whom they are payable and be liable for the cost of any legal proceedings which may be taken therefor by such authority or person;

(h) after he executes an agreement for sale for any apartment, plot or building, as the case may be, not mortgage or create a charge on such apartment, plot or building, as the case may be, and if any such mortgage or charge is made or created then notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, it shall not affect the right and interest of the allottee who has taken or agreed to take such apartment, plot or building, as the case may be;

(5) The promoter may cancel the allotment only in terms of the agreement for sale: Provided that the allottee may approach the Authority for relief, if he is aggrieved by such cancellation and such cancellation is not in accordance with the terms of the agreement for sale, unilateral and without any sufficient cause.

(6) The promoter shall prepare and maintain all such other details as may be specified, from time to time, by regulations made by the Authority