November 23, 2023: Following a NCT of Delhi Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) order, sub-registrars in Delhi have been asked to stall registrations of properties in the national capital. According to the Delhi RERA order issued in September 2023, no new property can be registered if the property doesn’t conform to the Unified Building Bye Laws (UBBL) for Delhi, 2016. While the Delhi RERA order was issued on September 11, 2023, the sub-registrars received the order only on November 17, 2023.
According to media reports, the Delhi RERA in its order stated that various civic authorities such as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and the Delhi Cantonment Board approve building plans with additional dwelling units that do not have a kitchen but have a pantry or store built. Once the plans are sanctioned, builders convert the pantries and stores into kitchens and sell units as separate dwelling units, violating orders of the Supreme Court.
The RERA order has directed the civic authorities to stick to the 2008 Supreme Court order where the maximum number of dwelling units that can be constructed on different plot sizes has been fixed.
Additionally, according to the Delhi RERA order, all building plans that are sanctioned after September 15, 2023 should clearly indicate the total number of dwelling units that can be constructed on the plot. Each dwelling unit has to be separately marked on the plan. The authority has also directed all sub-registrars to not to register more than the allowed number of dwelling units according to the plot size.
Going by the RERA Delhi order, according to the Unified Building Bye Laws for Delhi 2016, the number of permissible dwelling units in an area of plot is shown below.
Source: Unified Building Bye Laws for Delhi 2016
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