CG RERA Registration for Promoters & Agents

Project registration for promoters

Registration is required where the land proposed to be developed exceeds 500 square metres, or where the number of apartments proposed across all phases exceeds eight — whichever test is met first, since the two are alternatives rather than cumulative conditions. This applies to residential and commercial projects alike, and to ongoing projects that were incomplete when the Act came into force, not only to new ones.

The financial documents required from the promoter are where a Chartered Accountant's involvement typically begins, since the application calls for the promoter's audited balance sheet for the preceding financial year and income tax returns for the preceding years, alongside the title deed and project details. A promoter whose accounts are not audited, or whose returns for earlier years were never filed, cannot complete the application until that position is put right — which is worth establishing months before an application is made rather than discovered at the point of filing.

The application is made online through the Chhattisgarh RERA portal, choosing between a new promoter or an existing one, and providing project, business and payment details before submission. On approval, a registration number is granted, and the project must thereafter be updated regularly with construction progress, in line with the ongoing obligations described on our RERA Certification and Annual Audit page.

Agent registration

Any person acting as a real estate agent — facilitating the sale or purchase of a unit in a registered project — must be registered with the Authority before doing so, whether operating as an individual or through a firm.

Registration is made in Form G, through the same online portal, providing personal, business and payment details.

Registration is valid for five years from the date the certificate is issued, and covers the whole of Chhattisgarh rather than being limited to a particular district. Renewal, where the agent continues to operate, is applied for in Form J, and must be made at least three months before the existing registration expires — a window worth calendaring from the date of first registration rather than left to be remembered five years later.

An agent's obligations do not end at registration. An agent must assist both the allottee and the promoter in exercising their respective rights and obligations at the time of booking and sale, and must maintain books of account, records and documents in accordance with the Income Tax Act — a specific, statutory record-keeping obligation on the agent, separate from and in addition to the promoter's own compliance.

The registration can be revoked during its five-year term if the agent breaches the Authority's rules, which makes ongoing compliance, not merely initial registration, the thing that actually protects an agent's ability to keep operating.

Where the two registrations interact

A promoter developing a project needs its own registration; the agents who go on to sell units within that project each need their own, separate registration, and neither substitutes for the other. A promoter who is also acting as its own sales agent for a project should confirm whether agent registration applies to that role specifically, rather than assuming project registration alone is sufficient authority to sell.

What non-compliance costs

Registering a project without RERA registration, or operating as an agent without one, exposes the party concerned to penalty under the Act, in addition to the practical consequence that an unregistered project cannot lawfully be advertised or sold at all — which stops the commercial activity rather than merely attaching a fine to it. The Authority's own complaint process is also a real avenue for allottees: a complaint against a promoter or agent can be brought before the Authority, and a further appeal against the Authority's decision lies to the Appellate Tribunal, each with its own filing fee.

Scope of our work

For promoters, we prepare the financial documentation the application requires, including reviewing whether accounts and returns are in order before the application is made; complete the project registration application on the Chhattisgarh RERA portal; and advise on the ongoing progress-reporting obligations that follow registration. For agents, we complete registration in Form G, track the five-year validity period, and file the renewal application in Form J within the required window ahead of expiry. Where a promoter's books or returns are not yet in a state to support an application, we address that first, since it is usually the actual constraint on timing rather than the registration process itself.