new delhi in a big relief to lakhs of home buyers who have been opposing dilution of real estate regulation norms by state governments particularly to exempt incomplete projects the centre has said rules and regulations cannot be in violation of the provisions of real estate regulation and development act rera it has also cautioned states that any such dilution may face legal challenge it is a settled law that subordinate legislation such as rules regulations schemes etc cannot be in violation of the provisions of the principal act and any such provision inserted in the rules will be open to legal challenge and liable to be struck down by the courts minister of state for housing rao inderjit singh said in a letter to haryana chief minister manohar lal khattar haryana has diluted norms in its draft rules to keep most incomplete projects out of the ambit of rera rao is the mp from gurgaonthis has been the stand of the housing ministry and we have appealed to every state to frame their rules in sync with the act and they can follow the rules that the ministry has notified for union territories without legislatures said a ministry officialwhile gujarat has kept all housing projects launched before november 2016 out of reras ambit states including haryana madhya pradesh rajasthan maharashtra tamil nadu karnataka uttar pradesh and andhra pradesh have incorporated provisions to give complete relief to incomplete projects sources said up and karnataka are going to amend their rules to bring all incomplete projects under regulationrao also suggested that since the act clearly defined terms such as carpet area flats ongoing project disclosures to be submitted by builders and specified penalty for offences by builders states should stay away from defining them further which may create more confusion and lead to interpretational difficulties and litigationhome buyers associations have been demanding that states follow the rules notified by the housing ministry why cant states follow them rather than coming up with versions that make consumers feel that the governments are more keen to protect interest of builders the primary objective of the law was to bring relief to people who have paid and are waiting for years to get their houses said abhay upadhyay of fight for rera a panindia organisation of flat buyers