HRERA Project Registration in Haryana: A Plain-Language Guide for Promoters

A promoter in Haryana must register a real estate project with the Real Estate Regulatory Authority before advertising, booking or selling any plot, apartment or building in it (section 3(1) of the Act). Projects in Gurugram district go to HRERA Gurugram, and projects in the rest of Haryana, including Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Bhiwani and Jind, go to HRERA Panchkula. The Authority must grant or reject the application within thirty days, or the project is deemed to be registered.

Sources checked: 20 October 2026

Facts checked on 20 October 2026 against the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 and the Haryana Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2017 as hosted on haryanarera.gov.in, the Haryana Amendment Rules of 2019, the Town and Country Planning Department notification of December 2017 and HRERA Panchkula's resolution of 6 August 2025.

Key facts

Point	What applies	Source
Register before	advertising, marketing, booking, selling or offering for sale	Act s.3(1)
Size exemption	land not exceeding 500 square metres, or apartments not exceeding eight, inclusive of all phases	Act s.3(2)(a)
Other exemptions	completion certificate received before the Act commenced; renovation, repair or re-development with no marketing, selling or new allotment	Act s.3(2)(b), (c)
Phases	each phase is a stand-alone project and is registered separately	Act s.3, Explanation
Authority	Gurugram district: HRERA Gurugram; rest of Haryana: HRERA Panchkula	TCP notification, Dec 2017
Decision	within thirty days, otherwise deemed registered	Act s.5
Advance	not more than ten per cent of the cost before a registered agreement for sale	Act s.13(1)
Ongoing projects	seventy per cent of the amount already realised, minus construction and land cost paid, deposited within three months of applying	Haryana Rules, rule 4(4) as substituted in 2019
Registration fee	to be verified by our expert team	Haryana Rules

This is general information, not legal advice. The Authority's own forms, fees and notices decide the detail for your project.

Who has to register a real estate project in Haryana?

Section 3(1) of the Act is short and strict. No promoter may advertise, market, book, sell or offer for sale, or invite people to buy, any plot, apartment or building in a real estate project, or any part of it, without first registering the project with the Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

The word "advertise" matters. A hoarding, a brochure, a social media post or a booking form are all steps towards a sale. The safe order is registration first, marketing after.

When is registration not needed?

Section 3(2) lists three cases where a project does not have to be registered:

1. Small projects. Where the area of land proposed to be developed does not exceed 500 square metres, or the number of apartments proposed to be developed does not exceed eight, inclusive of all phases (section 3(2)(a)).
2. Projects completed before the Act. Where the promoter received a completion certificate for the project before the Act commenced (section 3(2)(b)).
3. Renovation, repair or re-development that involves no marketing, advertising, selling or new allotment of any apartment, plot or building (section 3(2)(c)).

Two details catch promoters out. The limits are counted inclusive of all phases, so a development cannot be split into small pieces to stay under 500 square metres or eight apartments. And the Explanation to section 3 treats each phase as a stand-alone project, so each phase is registered separately.

No lower limit was found in the Haryana Rules, so the Act's limits are the ones to use. If your project sits near a limit, or you are not sure whether the work counts as renovation, check before you act. Our free "Do I need RERA registration?" tool gives a first answer, and our guide to the exemptions goes through each case.

Which Haryana authority do I apply to?

Haryana has two authorities. Under the Town and Country Planning Department notification published in the Haryana Government Gazette on 14 December 2017, the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Gurugram has jurisdiction over the entire Gurugram district, and the Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Panchkula covers the rest of Haryana.

Hisar, Hansi, Uklana, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Bhiwani and Jind are all outside Gurugram district, so a project in any of them is registered with the Panchkula authority. Its website, haryanarera.gov.in, publishes its forms, notices and orders.

Is a project with an occupation certificate exempt?

No. Promoters sometimes assume that a project which already has an occupation certificate or part-completion certificate no longer needs to be registered. In a resolution of 6 August 2025, HRERA Panchkula recorded that areas where an occupation certificate or part-completion certificate has been granted stay registered until the completion certificate is granted. The only completion certificate that exempts a project under the Act is one received before the Act commenced.

What do the Haryana Rules add for ongoing projects?

The Haryana Rules have separate provisions for ongoing projects. One of them concerns the separate account. Under rule 4(4), as substituted in 2019, the promoter of an ongoing project must, within three months of applying for registration, deposit in a separate bank account seventy per cent of the amount already realised from allottees, minus the expenditure incurred and paid for the cost of construction and the proportionate land cost. Our guide to the 70% account explains this.

How long does the Authority take to decide?

Under section 5 of the Act, the Authority grants or rejects the application within thirty days. If it does neither, the project is deemed to be registered.

A deemed registration is a safety net, not a plan. The practical work is in getting the documents right before the application goes in, because defects in the papers cost time.

How much advance can a promoter take before the agreement for sale?

Section 13(1) limits what you may take before the agreement for sale. A promoter may not accept more than ten per cent of the cost of the apartment, plot or building as an advance payment or application fee without first entering into a written agreement for sale and registering that agreement.

What duties start once the project is registered?

Registration starts a set of continuing duties:

• the quarterly update on the project web page, within fifteen days of the end of each quarter (see our guide to the quarterly update);
• the separate project account and the yearly project accounts (see the guide to the 70% account);
• an application for an extension, if the project will need more time, three months before the registration expires (see the extension guide).

Our free due-dates tool puts these dates in one place.

What is the registration fee?

The current registration fee is to be verified by our expert team, so this guide gives no fee figure. The Authority's website shows the fee that applies to your project.

How can our expert team help?

We prepare the registration paperwork, fill in the application on the Authority's portal and keep a checklist of what is pending, for projects in Hisar, Hansi, Uklana, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Jind and elsewhere in Haryana. Some documents in an application come from independent professionals whom you appoint yourself; we prepare the data and papers they ask for, and you stay the promoter of record. Our registration help page describes the support. There is no price list because every project is different, so ask our expert team for a quote.

RERA certificates and the annual RERA audit must be signed by an independent Chartered Accountant in practice of your choice. You can find practising CAs on ICAI's CA Connect portal.