A useful MAHARERA document review begins with the project registration entry and then tests whether the proposed transaction matches the title, approvals, disclosures, agreement and physical progress. The checklist below is a starting point; the required scope changes with the project, unit, parties and stage.
For a purchaser before signing
- Search the registered project and save the project details, registration validity and promoter information.
- Review the legal title report, declared legal and financial encumbrances, litigation disclosures and sanctioned plan material available on the portal.
- Compare the proposed allotment letter and agreement for sale with the versions uploaded by the promoter.
- Review the promoter's deviation reports for the allotment letter and agreement.
- Check that survey, plot or CTS numbers, project address, unit number, carpet area, consideration, payment schedule and possession date are stated consistently.
- Ensure marketed amenities, utilities, common areas and material promises intended to bind the parties are accurately recorded in the agreement.
Payment and correspondence file
Maintain a single indexed file containing the booking form, allotment letter, signed agreement, registration and stamp records, demand letters, receipts, bank proof, tax deductions where relevant and material correspondence. Link payments to the agreed construction or payment milestones rather than relying only on an informal ledger.
For a promoter's registration document set
Official MahaRERA guidance identifies documents including Form A information, Form B declaration, promoter PAN, the prescribed legal title report, legal and financial encumbrance details, sanctioned layout or building plan, commencement certificate or applicable order, prescribed declarations, CERSAI information, project-cost and withdrawal certification, the model allotment letter and agreement for sale, deviation reports and separate bank-account information. Current formats, orders and portal instructions should be checked at the time of filing.
After the agreement and during construction
- Track physical progress and portal updates against the agreement schedule.
- Preserve all demand letters, receipts, notices, promised changes and site communications.
- Check complaint and project-status information periodically.
- Record any agreed change to specifications, area, consideration or possession through the legally appropriate document.
At the possession stage
Official homebuyer guidance highlights checking the occupancy-certificate status for the unit, the architect's completion certificate (Form 4), amenities and whether internal work, fixtures and specifications correspond with the approved and agreed position. A technical inspection may be appropriate; legal review does not replace engineering assessment.
When a dispute has already arisen
Create a short chronology linking each promise, demand, payment, delay, notice and response to its supporting document. Identify the exact relief under consideration and whether negotiation, conciliation, mediation, a MahaRERA complaint or another forum should be assessed. Limitation, jurisdiction and parallel remedies require matter-specific advice.
Important: Portal registration does not by itself establish clean title or make every agreement term compliant. Transaction-specific title, contract, stamp, registration, tax and technical review may be necessary.