MahaRERA Project Search: How to Check a Project Before You Buy (2026)

Before you pay a token amount for any flat in Pune, there's one five-minute check that can save you years of trouble: a MahaRERA project search. MahaRERA is the state's real estate regulator, and every registered project has a public page on its website. The MahaRERA website shows when the builder promised to finish, whether the project is on track, whether there are court cases or complaints against it, and whether the regulator has frozen its sales. This guide shows you how to find a project, what to look at, and what to do if things go wrong.

Quick summary

• Where: maharera.maharashtra.gov.in, under registered projects. You don't need to log in to search.
• Search by: project name, registration number, builder's name or district. Ads must also carry a QR code that opens the project's page.
• Check: the registration status, the promised completion date, the latest progress report, approvals, and any litigation or complaints.
• Red flags: "lapsed" or "under abeyance" status, a completion date already passed, or progress reports that haven't been updated for months.
• If it's delayed: you can file a complaint online with MahaRERA and claim interest for the delay or a refund.

What is MahaRERA?

RERA is the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, a central law that protects home buyers. Each state runs it through its own regulator. In Maharashtra, that's the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority, or MahaRERA. So there's no real difference between RERA and MahaRERA: MahaRERA is simply the RERA authority for Maharashtra, including Pune.

Is RERA registration mandatory?

For new projects, yes. Any project on more than 500 square metres of land, or with more than eight flats, must be registered with MahaRERA before the builder can advertise or sell a single flat. The same goes for estate agents, who need their own MahaRERA registration. There's one exception that matters for ready-to-move buyers. Projects that already had their completion or occupancy certificate when RERA came into force in May 2017 didn't need to register. So an older building with an OC may not appear on MahaRERA at all, and that's normal. For those, check the OC and the title documents instead.

How to check a MahaRERA project: step by step

• Open the website. Go to maharera.maharashtra.gov.in. Use the official site only, not a third-party copy.
• Find registered projects. Choose the option to search registered projects. You can search without logging in.
• Search. Enter the project name or its MahaRERA registration number. If you're browsing, filter by district (Pune) and type part of the name or the builder's name.
• Open the project page. Click the project to see its full details: the builder, registration dates, approvals, progress reports, and any complaints or litigation.

Got a brochure or an ad? Scan its MahaRERA QR code with your phone camera. It should open the project's page directly. If an ad has no QR code or registration number, or the code doesn't lead to MahaRERA, treat that as a warning sign.

What does a MahaRERA registration number look like?

Project registration numbers start with P, followed by a code for the district and a running number. Pune projects typically start with P521. Agent registration numbers start with A. If a builder quotes a number, search for it rather than trusting a screenshot.

What to check on the project page

• Registration status. It should be registered or extended. "Lapsed", "revoked" or "under abeyance" means stop and ask questions.
• Proposed completion date. This is the date the builder has promised MahaRERA, not the one in the brochure. If it's been extended more than once, find out why.
• Quarterly progress report. Builders must update construction progress and the money spent every quarter. A report that's many months old is a red flag.
• Approvals. The building plan, commencement certificate and, for finished buildings, the occupancy certificate.
• Booked flats. How many flats have been sold. Very low bookings late in a project can mean the builder is short of money.
• Litigation and complaints. Court cases about the land or title, and complaints by other buyers.
• The builder's other projects. Search the builder's name to see how their past projects went: finished on time, delayed, or stuck.

What does "under abeyance" or "lapsed" mean?

A project goes into abeyance when its registration has lapsed, usually because the completion date has passed and the builder hasn't filed completion documents or applied for an extension. MahaRERA freezes it: the project's bank accounts are frozen, and the builder can't take new bookings or sign agreements for sale or sale deeds until it fixes the problem. This happens more than you'd think. On 8 November 2026, MahaRERA's list of projects in abeyance because of a lapsed completion date had 4,237 projects, and 1,051 of them were in Pune district. Some are finished buildings where the builder simply never filed the paperwork, and some are genuinely stuck. Either way, don't book a flat in one until the status is cleared.

What MahaRERA's own lists showed in November 2026

MahaRERA publishes its enforcement lists for anyone to read, and most buyers never open them. We went through them on 8 November 2026, when the website had last been updated on 6 November. Here's what they showed.

Source: MahaRERA website (Statistics, Abeyance Project List, List of Projects Deregistered, NCLT Projects, Warrant Summary), extracted 8 November 2026. Pune counts for abeyance, the NCLT list and warrants are by district; those for the “other reasons” and deregistered rows are registration numbers starting P521. These lists change often.

A few of these need careful reading. Being deregistered doesn't always mean something went wrong: many follow the builder's own application, and MahaRERA publishes those applications so that anyone can object within 30 days. It had issued 14 such notices in 2026, the latest on 2 November. The NCLT list covers projects linked to insolvency cases at the National Company Law Tribunal. A recovery warrant means money MahaRERA ordered a builder to pay hasn't been paid and is being recovered through the district collector. In Pune, ₹67.66 crore of the ₹230.16 crore due to buyers had been recovered by 20 July 2026.

Notices, suspensions and extensions: a timeline

MahaRERA has been acting on missed deadlines in rounds, and Pune has made up roughly a quarter to a third of the projects each time.

Order 66/2026: MahaRERA website. Other rows: figures and dates as reported by Punekar News (16 December 2024 and 4 May 2026), Realty First (10 March 2025) and 91acres (19 August 2025). MahaRERA has not published a count of how many projects received extensions.

Before you book, open the abeyance list (“Due to Lapse of Completion date”) and press Ctrl+F to search for the project's registration number. Then do the same on the NCLT Projects and List of Projects Deregistered pages. It takes about a minute.

How to check a MahaRERA project's completion date

On the project page, look for the proposed completion date, and the revised date if the project has been extended. Compare it with what the sales team told you, and with the date in your agreement for sale. They should match. If the date on MahaRERA is later, believe MahaRERA. Many dates moved in 2026, though. Under Order 66/2026, dated 7 August 2026, every registered project with a completion date on or after 28 February 2026 got an automatic four-month extension, without the builder having to apply. Projects registered on or after 1 August 2026 aren't covered. The order doesn't say what this means for the possession date in your agreement, so ask the builder in writing.

How to file a complaint against a builder on MahaRERA

If your builder delays possession, changes the plan without your consent, or doesn't fix defects, you can complain to MahaRERA online:

• Register on MahaRERA's complaint portal as a complainant.
• Fill in the complaint with the project's registration number, your flat details and what went wrong.
• Upload your agreement for sale, payment receipts and any letters from the builder.
• Pay the filing fee online (₹5,000 at the time of writing) and note your complaint number.
• Attend the hearings, which are often online. You can track the status on the portal.

For a delay, the law lets you choose: stay in the project and claim interest for every month of delay, or withdraw and get your money back with interest. MahaRERA also runs a conciliation forum where buyers and builders can try to settle without a full hearing. Applying to it costs ₹1,000 plus GST, against ₹5,000 for a full complaint.

Why ready-to-move flats are simpler to check

With an under-construction flat, you're relying on everything on MahaRERA staying on track for years. With a ready-to-move flat, most of the risk is already behind you: the building is finished and you can check the Occupancy Certificate for your wing. You should still look the project up on MahaRERA, especially for complaints and litigation, but there's no completion date left to slip.

Find verified ready-to-move flats

Every listing on ReadyToMove is a completed home with its Occupancy Certificate, and you can check each project's MahaRERA record with our help. Browse our listings, or ask our team to walk you through a project's MahaRERA page.

Sources: Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016: Sections 3, 18 and 31 (India Code); MahaRERA (official website: registered projects and complaints); MahaRERA QR codes on advertisements (Piramal Realty); How to file a RERA complaint against a builder in Maharashtra (Caunsel); MahaRERA: Abeyance Project List, List of Projects Deregistered, NCLT Projects, Warrant Summary and Statistics (extracted 8 November 2026); MahaRERA Order No. 66/2026, 7 August 2026; MahaRERA show-cause notices to 8,212 projects, May 2026 (Punekar News); MahaRERA show-cause notices to 10,773 lapsed projects, December 2024 (Punekar News); MahaRERA suspends 1,905 projects, March 2025 (Realty First); MahaRERA suspends 4,812 lapsed projects, August 2025 (91acres).