MahaRERA Complaint Success Rate: 44.7% Win, 70% Pending

# MahaRERA Complaint Success Rate: 44.7% Win, 70% Pending An analysis of **33,805** homebuyer complaints filed before Maharashtra's Real Estate Regulatory Authority shows that **23,517** — nearly seven in ten — remain unresolved, with decided cases taking an average of **369 days** to reach a ruling despite a statutory target of 60 days, according to court records on JudgeMyLawyer.com, India's legal data platform. The MahaRERA complaint success rate, among cases that do reach a decision, is **44.7%** in favour of homebuyers — with a further 27.8% settling by agreement.

MahaRERA Pending Cases — 23,517 Complaints Still Unresolved

Of the **33,805** complaints on record, only **10,288** have reached a final outcome. The remaining **23,517** — **69.6%** of the total filed — are still pending adjudication. The backlog is not confined to recently filed cases. Among complaints filed in **2022**, **69.3%** remain unresolved. Among those filed in **2023**, the figure is **69.7%**. Even cases from **2018** — now more than seven years old — show a pending rate of **62.9%**, with **1,971** of **3,136** complaints filed that year carrying no recorded judgment. The data does not record case-specific reasons for delays, which can include adjournment patterns, procedural filings, or adjudicating officer capacity. The 2021 cohort's higher pending rate (**78.4%**) compared to 2020 (**65.3%**) likely reflects pandemic-era adjournment backlogs that have not fully cleared.

RERA Complaint Success Rate — 44.7% Favour Homebuyers, 27.8% Settle

Among the **10,288** decided complaints, **4,598** (**44.7%**) were resolved in favour of the complainant — typically the homebuyer. A further **2,829** (**27.5%**) were decided in favour of the respondent, typically the developer or builder. The remaining **2,861** cases (**27.8%**) were settled by agreement between the parties. That settlement rate is striking in context. The average settlement rate across Maharashtra's court system is **1.6%**; MahaRERA's **27.8%** is nearly **17 times** that figure. More than one in four homebuyer disputes at this tribunal ends in a negotiated resolution rather than a formal ruling. This may reflect the regulator's built-in conciliation functions, or the practical incentive for both parties — homebuyers seeking possession or refunds, developers seeking to avoid enforcement orders — to reach a compromise rather than wait for an adjudicated outcome.

MahaRERA Resolution Time — 369 Days vs. a 60-Day Statutory Target

For the **5,420** complaints with both a valid filing date and a valid judgment date, the average time from filing to final order was **369 days** — more than six times the 60-day timeline set under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. The Maharashtra court-wide average resolution time is **648 days**, meaning MahaRERA is faster than the state's broader judicial system but still operating well above its own statutory mandate. Adjudicating officer performance varies considerably within the tribunal. Shri Gautam Chatterjee resolved **716** of the **807** complaints assigned to him at an average of **77 days** — one of the few benches approaching the Act's 60-day standard. [Shri Gautam Chatterjee's full case record on JudgeMyLawyer.com](https://judgemylawyer.com/judges/gautam-chatterjee) shows this resolution rate sustained across a large caseload. Shri Mahesh Pathak resolved **920** of **1,268** assigned cases at an average of **113 days** — slower than Chatterjee but still within a range that homebuyers filing today might consider responsive. [Shri Mahesh Pathak's adjudication record on JudgeMyLawyer.com](https://judgemylawyer.com/judges/mahesh-pathak) provides a complaint-by-complaint breakdown. At the other end of the spectrum, one adjudicating officer in the data shows an average resolution time of **670 days** across the complaints assigned to that bench — a nearly ninefold difference from the fastest officer, underscoring how much the assigned bench shapes a homebuyer's experience at MahaRERA.

Analysis

The aggregate picture is one of a tribunal that, when it reaches a decision, leans meaningfully toward homebuyers. Nearly **45%** of decided cases favour the complainant, and an additional **28%** settle — meaning roughly **seven in ten** decided cases produce some form of outcome for the homebuyer. The question for most complainants, however, is not the ultimate success rate but the timeline: with **23,517** complaints still unresolved, the more pressing issue for most filers is when a case will be heard, not merely whether they might win. The **369-day** average resolution gap against a 60-day statutory target points to a structural capacity problem, not an episodic one. Complaint volumes have grown sharply — from **407** in 2017 to a peak of **6,883** in 2024 — a 17-fold increase in seven years. Resolution throughput has not kept pace. Cases filed in 2018 are still pending at a **62.9%** rate; cases filed in 2019 at **70.3%**. The backlog appears to predate the pandemic and has deepened steadily as filings rose. The variation in adjudicator performance — from **77 days** to **670 days** average resolution — suggests that reforms to case allocation and adjudicating officer capacity could have a meaningful effect on the overall pendency rate without requiring changes to the statute itself. The 60-day target is not universally unachievable: the data shows it is being approximated, at least on average, by the fastest benches. **What is the success rate of MahaRERA complaints?** Of 10,288 decided complaints, 44.7% were resolved in favour of the homebuyer and 27.8% settled. However, 23,517 of 33,805 total complaints filed — 69.6% — remain unresolved, with decided cases taking an average of 369 days to reach a ruling against a statutory target of 60 days.

Methodology

This analysis draws on Maharashtra court records published on JudgeMyLawyer.com, India's legal data platform, covering 33,805 complaints filed before the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) across all available data years up to 15 May 2026. Outcome categories — complainant favour, respondent favour, and settled — are as recorded in the individual case disposals. Duration figures cover the 5,420 complaints with both a valid filing date and a valid judgment date. Geographic scope: Maharashtra courts only.

Data Limitations

Outcome data covers **10,288** of **33,805** cases; the remaining **23,517** carry no recorded judgment date and are treated as pending. Some of these cases may have been decided but not yet entered into the record. Duration figures represent **16%** of total filed cases, and cases without duration records may skew the average in either direction. Adjudicating officer names are recorded as they appear in case files; variant spellings (for example, "Mahesh Pathak" and "Shri. Mahesh Pathak") are treated as separate entries and are not merged in this analysis. Additional data covering enforcement and appeal proceedings from MahaRERA orders would provide a more complete picture of homebuyer outcomes after a ruling.