BENGALURU: Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) has directed a Haryana-based builder to submit a detailed compliance report/action plan within 30 days specifying the list of amenities and infrastructure works already completed and those remaining to be completed in the project – Astrum Grandview – Phase I – strictly in accordance with the sanctioned plans, agreements, and representations made to the allottees and supporter by documentary proof.
In its order dated December 31, 2025, passed while hearing complaints filed by 19 homebuyers, the Authority asked the promoter to place on record a clear, time-bound schedule detailing when each of the pending amenities, common facilities and statutory compliances would be completed. The order warned that failure to submit the compliance report or comply with the directions would invite action under Section 63 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, without any further notice.
The complainants told the Authority that the builder had launched the residential project, Astrum Grandview – Phase I, in Mysuru, with the Bhoomi Pooja conducted in July 2014. They alleged that they were induced to purchase apartments on the assurance that the project would be completed within the stipulated time and that all promised common amenities and facilities would be delivered as per brochures, advertisements, sanctioned plans and agreements for sale.
According to the homebuyers, they paid the entire sale consideration as demanded by the builder, including advance maintenance charges, club membership fees and a corpus deposit of Rs 1 lakh from each allottee. They said possession letters were issued between 2020 and 2022 and several sale deeds were executed in their favour. However, despite possession and registration, the builder allegedly failed to complete the project in its entirety.
The complaint further stated that the builder had not obtained the completion certificate or completion report, had not executed the deed of declaration, had neither formed nor handed over the association of allottees, and had not completed the promised common amenities and facilities, leaving residents in limbo years after taking possession.
Responding to the allegations, the builder submitted that Astrum Grandview – Phase I was duly registered with Karnataka RERA and pertained only to the construction of 132 apartment units. The promoter claimed that the said phase stood completed and that possession had already been handed over to the respective allottees in accordance with their sale deeds.
Reacting to the order, Karnataka Home Buyers’ Forum convenor Dhananjaya Padmanabhachar described the direction to obtain the project completion certificate as a significant step. He said that if the builder failed to secure the certificate, K-RERA could initiate proceedings under Section 63 of RERA, which empowers the Authority to impose a penalty of up to five per cent of the project cost.
Padmanabhachar pointed out that a project completion certificate can be issued only after the promoter fulfils several obligations, including completing construction as per the approved plan, obtaining the occupancy certificate, registering the association of allottees, transferring the apartment land to the association under Section 17 of RERA, transferring common areas under Section 16, and handing over the corpus funds. He added that it would be interesting to see how penalties are imposed when the government itself has not clearly defined the mechanism for association registration and land transfer under the Act.
