Right To Reserve Flat Includes Right To Withdraw, Cannot Ask Allottee To Forfeit Payment, Rules MahaRERA Tribunal
Moneylife Digital Team
29 April 2021 3
In a significant ruling, the Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MahaREAT) held that the right to reserve a flat includes the right to cancel the reservation, hence, a builder cannot ask an allottee to forfeit the booking amount for withdrawing his reservation. In an order passer earlier this month, the MahaREAT directed Piramal Estate Pvt Ltd to return Rs5.62 lakh to a Kalwa-based couple Dinesh and Ranjana Humane. The couple had cancelled their reservation for an apartment in Vaikunth Cluster-2 at Thane due to medical emergency in the family.