Property dealer forges papers for Haryana RERA certification ends up with canceled registration

A property dealer lost his H-RERA registration for forging documents related to his office address in what was likely the first such case.

Vineet Kejriwal used forged documents and the signature of an engineer to claim RND Projects, a Bristol hotel, as his rented office. Following the victim’s complaint, the deputy commissioner’s office conducted an investigation and determined that the claims were true. As a result, the DC ordered the cancellation of his RERA registration.

“I filed a complaint with the DC’s office and H-Rera in July last year against Kejriwal for forging documents to obtain the regulator’s certification at our company’s address,” said complainant Deepak Hans. “On a tip, I found out the forgery while conducting an RTI query to obtain the names and addresses of the city’s registered property dealers,” he added. 

It was revealed in the RTI response that the address of Shop number 30, GF, Bristol hotel was mentioned on Kejriwal’s license, which was signed by DC Gurgaon.

“It was abundantly clear that the accused forged and independently created documents in order to deceive the DC office and obtain the certification, and even the lease agreement was entirely fabricated and false”,  he claimed.

Following the complaint, the deputy commissioner directed an inquiry and appointed the city magistrate as the investigation officer. 

The inquiry report stated that I have reached the conclusion that the documents submitted to authorities by Vineet Kejriwal were obviously forged, and the accused has made himself liable for appropriate legal action. The license issued to the accused on those documents may be canceled. 

On the basis of the inquiry report, the deputy commissioner directed the cancellation of Kejriwal’s RERA registration and recommended the regulator to initiate action against him. DC further wrote to the commissioner of police and the district revenue officer to take action against the accused as per the recommendations of the inquiry report.

Over 1,800 real estate agents registered with the regulator had previously received warnings from H-Rera asking them not to engage in unethical behavior.

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