Pune: Consumer activists have questioned MahaRERA’s commitment to transparency after its online dashboard tracking recovery warrants against defaulting developers remained frozen for nearly six months, despite the regulator continuing to issue fresh orders during the period.The “Recovery Warrants District Wise” section on the MahaRERA website was last updated on Jan 20. While individual recovery warrant orders issued after that date have been uploaded, the consolidated district-wise dashboard has not been refreshed, making it difficult for homebuyers to track enforcement action and recoveries.Shirish Deshpande, chairperson of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat, said, “Data on recovery warrants, deregistered projects and notices issued to developers for failing to file quarterly disclosures must be updated without delay. Homebuyers invest their life savings in a house and rely on the MahaRERA website before making decisions. If the information is outdated, the very purpose of transparency is defeated. Section 34 of RERA obliges MahaRERA to ensure such compliance by promoters,” he said.Deshpande alleged that repeated representations to the regulator had gone unanswered. “We have written several times requesting updates to the data and raising consumer concerns, but there has been no response. As members of the conciliation dorum, we deserve a hearing,” he said, adding that at least three letters had been sent without receiving a reply.Consumer activist S Joshi said the absence of real-time data left homebuyers in the dark about the status of recovery proceedings. “Homebuyers have no way of knowing whether a recovery warrant has been executed, total amount has been recovered, or whether dues remain outstanding. The dashboard should disclose the warrant issue date, recovery status, amount recovered, balance pending and the stage of proceedings before the collector. That would significantly improve accountability. The current system is not in line with Maharashtra’s Ease of Doing Business objectives,” he said.Advocate Godfrey Pimenta and Nicholas Almeida, trustees of the Watchdog Foundation, told TOI they had written to revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule seeking urgent intervention to speed up the execution of MahaRERA recovery warrants, many of which remained pending for months before district collectors and tehsildars. “We have urged the minister to direct collectors to treat MahaRERA warrants as priority recovery proceedings, complete execution within 90 days wherever there is no court restraint, appoint nodal officers in every collectorate and ensure regular updates of the recovery warrant dashboard so homebuyers can monitor enforcement,” he said.Sources in MahaRERA said the dashboard would be updated soon.
