bengaluru homebuyers may stand to benefit from the provisions of the real estate regulation development act notified by the karnataka government on monday it among other things brings a huge number of ongoing projects under the purview of the lawthe government had come under criticism for the draft rules published last week which said ongoing projects where 60 development work had been completed or 60 of the apartmentshousesplots had been registered and executed would not come under the purview of the actbuyers felt that the provision gave a leeway to the developers to slip out and there was also confusion as to how a consensus could be reached on such an arbitrary numberthat part seems to have been addressed as per the noti fication published on monday only ongoing projects where all development works have been completed as per the act and certified by the competent agency are exempted from rera the 60 salelease deed provision stayswe were not expecting this shriram properties managing director murali said when asked about his response about the rules sobha managing director jc sharma said though the law is customer friendly any retrospective law is bad and goes against natural justice most of my ongoing projects where i have not applied for an occupancy certificate will come under rera sharma saidaccording to the notification a builder can apply for an oc only if it has been certified by a competent agency in this case by an architect if the oc has already been applied for the building is exempt from rera regulations the rules are stringent because builders have to get in place waterlines electricity lines and other things before applying for oc suhail rehman director of asse builders saide suhail ahmed advocate and legal consultant at rera consultants said the rules are not much of a dilution from the central legislation they are almost in line with the act as far as its application to ongoing projects is concerned ahmed said if a project comes under rera buyers would be in a position to file a complaint in case there is a delay or if the building has not gone by the approved plans