How to Check RERA Registration in Gujarat Before You Book a Flat

To check RERA registration in Gujarat, open the GujRERA portal and type the project’s registration number, its short code or the promoter’s name into the search box on the home page. No login is needed. The result opens a project page with the registration certificate, approved plans, quarterly progress and the unit by unit booking list, and those are what you should read before you pay anything.

Confirming that the number exists is the least useful part of the check. Below is how we read a GujRERA page for an Ahmedabad project, using registration numbers from projects we track.

How do you check RERA registration in Gujarat?

The portal has one search box with the placeholder “Project, Agent, Promoter, Professional, Location”. You can search with any of these:

• the short code printed on an advertisement, for example RAA14879 for Greenfield in Adani Shantigram
• the full number, for example PR/GJ/AHMEDABAD/AHMEDABAD CITY/AUDA/RAA09057/150921 for Oeuvre 2 in Bodakdev
• the promoter’s company name, which is useful when a site office gives you a project name but no number

Press Enter and a results page groups matches under Projects, Agents, Architect, Lawyer, CA and Promoter. Click View More on the project. A filter panel also lets you narrow by district, pin code, project type, carpet area and unit cost, which helps when you are comparing several towers on the same stretch of SP Ring Road.

One habit saves trouble. Search the number from the brochure, then search the promoter’s name separately. If the names do not match, or the address on GujRERA is a different survey number from the site you visited, stop and ask why.

How do you read a GujRERA registration number?

Project numbers follow a pattern: PR, GJ, the district, the taluka, the plan passing authority, a unique code and a date. Here are four from our own project data.

GujRERA adds segments such as A1R or EX1 when a registration is altered or extended. An extension is not a scandal on its own. It does mean the completion date you were quoted may not be the date on record, so open the project page and read the current project end date before you sign.

Since GujRERA’s Order 108 of May 2025, advertisements, booking forms and allotment letters must carry the short registration number, the QR code from the certificate and the portal address in a box at the top right. A hoarding without that box is the first thing we would question.

What should you read on the GujRERA project page?

The project view has four tabs: Project Summary, Project Profile, Promoters, and Progress & RERA Actions. Do not skim past the second and fourth. These are the items we open first.

We think the unit wise list is the most useful page on the portal. It gives the RERA carpet area of each flat in square metres, with the exclusive balcony and terrace area shown separately. If the site office quotes you only super built up area, this is where you find what you are actually buying. Our guide to carpet area against super built up area shows how wide that gap runs in Shantigram.

The page also shows the collection bank account. Under section 4(2)(l)(D) of the RERA Act, 70% of the money collected from buyers must sit in a separate scheduled bank account and be used only for construction and land cost. Pay to that account, by cheque or bank transfer, and keep the receipts.

What is the difference between RERA registered and RERA approved?

RERA does not approve buildings. The Act registers a project and holds the promoter to what was declared. Building plans are passed by AMC inside city limits and by AUDA outside them, and GujRERA records which one did it.

So “RERA approved” on a brochure is loose wording. It usually means registered, and that is fine, provided the number checks out and the plan on the portal matches the plan in the brochure.

Which projects do not need RERA registration?

Section 3 of the Act lets a promoter skip registration in two cases. The first is a project where the land is 500 sq m or less, or where there are eight apartments or fewer across all phases. Either test is enough. The second is a project that already had a completion certificate before the Act came into force.

The first exemption can cover a small redevelopment, such as six or eight flats built on an old bungalow plot. Buying in one is legal, but you lose the escrow account, the public progress filings and the GujRERA complaint route. We would want a stronger title search and a completed building with BU permission before recommending one.

What protections does a RERA registration give you?

Three rules from the Act matter most at booking:

• A promoter cannot take more than 10% of the cost as an advance or application fee before signing and registering an agreement for sale (section 13).
• If possession is late, you may withdraw and get your money back with interest, or stay and receive interest for every month of delay (section 18). Gujarat’s rules set the rate at the State Bank of India lending rate plus two percent where the agreement names no rate.
• Structural defects or poor workmanship reported within five years of possession must be fixed free within 30 days (section 14).

None of this helps much if you paid cash, signed nothing, or booked through someone who is not on the portal.

How do you check an agent’s registration?

Agents appear in the same public search, under Agents. A real agent profile shows the agent type, name, registration number and the certificate. Agent numbers start with AG/GJ, followed by the district and city.

Our own Gujarat RERA agent registration is AG/GJ/AHMEDABAD/AHMADABADCITY/AUDA/AA00003/220329R2, and we are happy to show the certificate at our Thaltej office. You can read more about who we are on our about page. Ask any broker for the same before you share your PAN card or pay a token.

How do you file a complaint with GujRERA?

Under GujRERA’s complaint procedure (Order 113 of December 2025), there are two forms:

The fee is ₹1,000, paid online on the portal. After filing online you must send a hard copy with self attested documents to the GujRERA office at Sahyog Sankul, Sector 11, Gandhinagar within seven days. The GujRERA grievance manual walks through the screens, and defect liability complaints can be raised for five years after the project end date.

Before filing, write to the promoter first and keep the reply. For a refund or compensation claim, speak to an advocate about which form fits your facts.

What should you do before booking?

Before you book, search the project, the promoter and the agent separately. Print the approved plan and the draft agreement from the project profile and lay them next to the brochure, then find the exact flat you are offered in the unit wise list.

That covers the RERA layer only. Title, BU permission, society papers and the stamp duty bill sit in our complete checklist for buying a flat. If you have a shortlist of projects from new launches across Ahmedabad and want the GujRERA pages read line by line, book a consultation and bring the registration numbers with you.