Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
Letter No. TNRERA/3149/2018, Regularisation of Layout, To Be Applied for Registration
The Principal Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, and Chairperson, Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority, issued Letter No. TNRERA/3149/2018 dated 22 October 2018 to the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning. It states that all layouts regularised by the Town and Country Planning Department must be registered with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority, and asks the Commissioner to advise promoters to apply for registration and to provide monthly lists of regularised layouts.
What the letter does
Letter No. TNRERA/3149/2018 dated 22 October 2018 concerns layouts approved under the Regularisation Scheme by the Town and Country Planning Department. The Principal Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, acting also as Chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority, states that all layouts regularised by the Department must be registered with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
The letter is addressed to the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning.
Legal basis stated in the letter
Letter No. TNRERA/3149/2018 quotes Section 3 of RERA. The quoted provision says that a promoter cannot advertise, market, book, sell, offer for sale, or invite people to purchase a plot, apartment or building in a real estate project, or part of one, in a planning area without registering the project with the Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
Based on that provision, the letter treats registration with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority as necessary for layouts regularised by the Town and Country Planning Department.
Directions to the planning authority
Letter No. TNRERA/3149/2018 asks the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning to take the following steps:
- Add a clause when approving layouts under the Regularisation Scheme.
- Use that clause to advise layout promoters to submit an application for registration with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
- Furnish a month by month list of layouts regularised by the Town and Country Planning Department.
Who is affected
Letter No. TNRERA/3149/2018 directly affects promoters of layouts approved under the Regularisation Scheme. Regularisation by the Town and Country Planning Department does not remove the registration requirement described in the letter.
The letter is also relevant to buyers considering plots in a regularised layout because the promoter is expected to apply separately for registration with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority. The document does not state any registration fee, application procedure or deadline.
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Common questions
Does regularisation of a layout also count as Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority registration?
No. The letter states that all layouts regularised by the Town and Country Planning Department must also be registered with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
Who must apply for registration of a regularised layout?
The layout promoter is to be advised to submit the application for registration with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
Can a promoter sell plots in a planning area without registering the project?
The provision quoted in the letter says that a promoter cannot advertise, market, book, sell, offer for sale, or invite purchases in a real estate project in a planning area without registration.
Will the Town and Country Planning Department report regularised layouts to the authority?
The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning was asked to furnish a month by month list of layouts regularised by the Department.
