While the number of pending complaints before MahaRERA is piling up with over 5,539 cases, pleas of litigants and professionals seeking to fill vacancies of retired MahaRERA members have fallen on deaf ears. The state, meanwhile, has filled the vacancies at MahaRERA Appellate Tribunal instead of MahaRERA, which has irked the litigants. Experts said the government should have filled the vacancies at MahaRERA on priority as it addresses the plaints.

Advocate Anil D’Souza, secretary of MahaRERA Bar Association, said, “MahaRERA started with four fully functional benches, but due to the retirement of two members, existing pendency and new complaints being filed every day, it is imperative that the authority not only fill up existing vacancies but also increase its strength with more benches.”