In the event of only four States and six Union Territories so far notifying the final Real Estate Rules, and complaints of violation of some provisions of the Real Estate Act by some States, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) M Venkaiah Naidu has written to Chief Ministers urging them to take “personal interest” in ensuring implementation of the Act in letter and spirit.

Naidu’s February 9 letter to Chief Ministers comes as buyers are entitled to seek relief under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 with effect from May 1. In his two-page letter, Naidu cautioned the States of a “serious situation of vacuum” if necessary institutional mechanisms, as required under the Act, were not put in place before that, an official release said on Sunday.

“The timelines are important as the Act would commence its full operation from 1st May, 2017 and in the absence of Rules and Regulatory Authority and Appellate Tribunal, the implementation of the Act would be affected in your State, leading to a vacuum in the sector,” said the letter.

So far, Rules have been notified only by four States and for six UTs. The HUPA Ministry, which has been tasked with the responsibility of making Rules for UTs without legislature has done so for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep, while the Ministry of Urban Development has done so for Delhi, said the release.

States that have notified the final Rules are: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.

The Ministry said it had received some complaints of violations of some of the provisions of the Act by some of these States, which have been referred to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of he Rajya Sabha.

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