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MahaRERA Agent study plan

MahaRERA Agent · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 - key provisions and definitions

  • Define the core Section 2 terms - promoter, allottee, real estate agent, real estate project, apartment, common areas, carpet area, advertisement, and engagement - in your own words

  • Identify the four regulatory bodies created under the Act and state each one's composition and appointing authority

  • Distinguish between the Authority, the Appellate Tribunal, and the adjudicating officer by listing each one's powers and the limits on them

  • Map which definitions feed directly into agent registration, project registration, and penalty provisions later in the syllabus

Your checkpoint

A one-page definitions and authorities matrix (term/authority, statutory source, why it matters downstream) plus a 25-question self-quiz scored at 80% or above

Week 2

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 - key provisions and definitions & Rights and duties of promoters and allottees, and project registration requirements

  • Explain when project registration is compulsory and list every situation where registration is exempt or not required

  • Outline the information and documents a promoter must submit with a project registration application and the timeline for approval or rejection

  • Describe the promoter's continuing duty to update project details and the consequences of non-compliance

  • Relate the Section 2 definitions from Week 1 to the project registration provisions

Your checkpoint

A written project-registration walkthrough (application to registration number to ongoing reporting) with a completed 40-question quiz scored at 75% or above

Week 3

Rights and duties of promoters and allottees, and project registration requirements

  • Enumerate the promoter's obligations across the full project lifecycle - booking, agreement for sale, construction, completion, and handover

  • Tabulate the allottee's rights and duties, including possession, defect rectification, and the limits on transferring a booking

  • Explain the mandatory disclosures in the agreement for sale and the consequences of deviation from the sanctioned plans

  • Distinguish the promoter's liability for structural defects from the general maintenance obligations after possession

Your checkpoint

A two-column promoter-versus-allottee obligations chart with the relevant section cited against each entry, verified against at least one reported MahaRERA order

Week 4

Maharashtra Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules and MahaRERA Regulations

  • List the subject areas covered by the Maharashtra Rules and state which matters are left to MahaRERA Regulations

  • Summarise the MahaRERA regulations governing agent registration, project registration procedure, and complaint handling

  • Compare a requirement that appears in both the Act and the Rules and note where the State rule adds or narrows it

  • Identify the forms, fees, and time limits prescribed by the Maharashtra Rules for the main filings

Your checkpoint

A forms-and-fees reference sheet covering every filing relevant to an agent, plus a 30-question Domain 2 quiz scored at 75% or above

Week 5

Registration, renewal, correction and obligations of real estate agents

  • List the eligibility conditions and disqualifications for registering as a real estate agent in Maharashtra

  • Sequence the registration workflow - application, fee, documentation, grant or rejection, and issue of the registration number

  • Explain the renewal timeline, the correction procedure for errors in a registration, and what happens if registration lapses

  • State the agent's obligations to clients and to the Authority, including record-keeping, display of registration, and restrictions on unregistered practice

  • Determine the consequences of acting as an agent without registration or after expiry

Your checkpoint

A completed mock agent registration file (checklist plus filled model application and renewal timeline) and a 25-question Domain 3 quiz scored at 80% or above

Week 6

Grievance redressal, MahaRERA orders and compliance/penalty framework

  • Describe the complaint route from filing before the Authority to appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, including limitation periods

  • Explain how adjudication of penalties works and who may be penalised for which contravention

  • Tabulate the penalty amounts and imprisonment exposure attached to the principal contraventions under the Act and the Rules

  • Outline MahaRERA's powers of investigation, audit, and compliance direction, and the recourse available against an order

Your checkpoint

A penalty-and-remedy table (contravention, provision, penalty, appeal route and limitation) checked line by line against the bare Act, plus a 30-question Domain 5 quiz scored at 80% or above

Week 7

Grievance redressal, MahaRERA orders and compliance/penalty framework & Registration, renewal, correction and obligations of real estate agents

  • Analyse a set of MahaRERA orders and extract the recurring reasoning on agent misconduct and non-compliance

  • Apply the penalty framework to short fact patterns and justify the outcome with the correct provision

  • Reconcile the agent's obligations in Domain 3 with the enforcement provisions in Domain 5

  • Draft concise answers, each in exam format, to ten mixed-domain questions against a time limit

Your checkpoint

Ten timed written answers marked against a self-made rubric, with a list of every provision you cited incorrectly

Week 8

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 - key provisions and definitions & Maharashtra Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules and MahaRERA Regulations & Registration, renewal, correction and obligations of real estate agents & Rights and duties of promoters and allottees, and project registration requirements & Grievance redressal, MahaRERA orders and compliance/penalty framework

  • Revise all five domains using your own matrices, tables, and sheets

  • Close every gap flagged in Weeks 5 to 7 by re-reading the exact statutory text

  • Complete two full-length mock exams under exam conditions

  • Review each mock answer to classify errors as knowledge gaps or misreading of the question

Your checkpoint

Two completed full-length mocks at 75% or above, plus a one-page final revision sheet of the twenty most frequently tested provisions

Milestones

Week 2: You can explain, without notes, why a given project must or need not be registered and what the promoter must file

Week 4: You can name the Maharashtra Rule or MahaRERA Regulation behind each major procedural requirement, scoring 75% or above on the cumulative Domains 1, 2, and 4 quiz

Week 6: You can take a fact pattern and state the correct penalty, the provision breached, and the appeal route in under three minutes

Week 8: Two full-length mocks completed at 75% or above with every missed question traced to a specific provision you have since re-read