pune the akhil bharatiya grahak panchayat a citybased consumer organisation has written to chief minister devendra fadnavis urging him to constitute an appellate tribunal to address real estate regulatory authority rera cases in the absence of an appellate tribunal builders and citizens are taking their cases to the high court hc the consumer body has stated the president of the organisation vijay sagar has said that with no appellate tribunal the cases heard by rera authorities are going to the hc causing inconvenience to citizens sagar pointed out that citizens have to not only face a delay in hearing these cases but also pay higher charges for admitting the case the government needs to immediately form the appellate tribunal or the entire step to initiate the rera act will be pointless as the developer immediately approaches the hc he stateda similar letter has also been sent by the mumbai grahak panchayat to the chief ministerit has been seven months since the state took the lead in implementing the real estate regulation act yet the government hasnt established an appellate tribunal under section 43 1 of the act representatives of the organisation statedpost may 1 this year the adjudicating officer and maharera have pronounced several orders under the act now all appeals are directly going before the hc because an appellate authority has not been set up stated the letter it is basically making the consumer struggle for his rights and if he wants to appeal he has to approach the hc said sagarthe consumer body feels that an appellate tribunal would help address the cases dismissed in the first hearing in their letter the members have stated that it is better to address the cases at the appellate tribunal rather than going to the hc which would then take its own coursethe proposed rera office in pune too is on the anvil as citizens are forced to go to mumbai and the members of the group feel that the office which is to be set up at aundh should commence immediately