ghaziabad the ghaziabad development authority on monday rejected the applications for completion certificate filed by various developers for 24 real estate projects after terming them incomplete according to gda officials an inquiry by its enforcement wing found several shortcomings in the projects the list mostly includes group housing projects in several areas of ghaziabadthe developers had applied for the completion certificate in a haste to keep themselves away from the ambit of real estate regulation development act 2016 which came into effect on may 1 2017 said sources as per the act developers had to get all ongoing as well as underconstruction projects that have not received completion certificate registered with regulatory authorities by july 31 that is mondaythe inquiry by the enforcement department revealed that none of the projects had been completed in accordance with the sanctioned plans layout plans and specifications as approved by the gda the inquiry conducted revealed several shortcomings in the projects hence their applications for completion certificates were rejected we have asked the developers to reapply for the certificates after completing all pending works gda secretary ravindra godbole told toiaccording to officials a completion certificate would mean that the building has not violated any rules and norms or diverted from the plan and layout which had been approved by gda before starting the constructionthe real estate regulatory authority rera rules was notified in up on october 27 2016 in ghaziabad of the 24 projects seven had applied for completion certificates before october 27 2016 the remaining 17 projects had sought completion certificates after october 27 2016now the projects whose completion certificates have been rejected will have to reapply under rera