Telengana RERA Penalises Ramanuja Temple County ₹32.12 Lakh For Selling Unregistered Project

Relying on findings recorded in an earlier adjudication that the developer's conduct was not an isolated lapse but a “continuing modus operandi” undermining transparency and consumer protection, the Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority has imposed a penalty of Rs 32.12 lakh on Ramanuja Temple County Pvt. Ltd. for advertising, marketing, and selling units without registering its project.

In a February 3, 2026, penalty order, a coram comprising Chairperson Dr. N. Satyanarayana, IAS, and Members K. Srinivasa Rao, Laxmi Narayana Jannu held the developer liable after earlier finding that it had sold units in an unregistered project. The finding was recorded in an adjudication order dated November 3, 2025, relating to a project at Saidapur village near Yadagirigutta.

The project measured about nine acres and did not qualify for any statutory exemption from registration.

In that earlier order, the Authority had observed that the developer's conduct “does not constitute an isolated lapse in the present case but reveals a continuing modus operandi which undermines the very objectives of transparency, accountability, and consumer protection envisaged under the Act.”

The proceedings arose from a complaint filed by an allottee who had entered into an agreement of sale dated June 23, 2022, for a unit in the project and paid an advance of Rs 28 lakh. The transaction took place in the context of a rental guarantee scheme offered by the developer.

While examining the complaint, the Authority noted that the buyer had placed bank statements and the sale agreement on record. These showed that the developer had collected substantial amounts and had initially made monthly payments under a rental guarantee scheme, even though the project was never registered with the regulator.

Having already held in its earlier order that such conduct amounted to a “clear and willful contravention” of Section 3(1) of the Act, the Authority, in its February 3, 2026 order, exercised its powers under Section 38 and directed the developer to deposit a penalty of Rs 32,12,580 with the TGRERA Fund within 30 days.

It further warned that failure to comply with the directions would attract additional penal consequences under the Act, without any further notice.