mumbai dismissing a realty developers defence for unilateral cancellation of the allotment of houses to home buyers in february 2017 the maharashtra real estate regulatory authority maharera has ruled that the authority can still adjudicate complaints even if it happened before rera came into forcethe developer had argued that since the cancellation was executed prior to the real estate regulators coming into force on may 1 2017 there was no cause of action maharera however ruled that it can still adjudicate the complaints since the developer has not refunded money to the home buyers yetthough the said cancellations were executed prior to the said act rera came into force this authority is of the view that with monies paid by the complainants still lying with the respondent developer this authority has jurisdiction to adjudicate the complaints said gautam chaterjee chairperson mahareraeight home buyers had complained to the authority against realtor surti developers the complainants had stated that they bought apartments in the builders project called universal paradise at santacruz mumbai they further alleged that surti had unilaterally cancelled these agreements sometime in february 2017the complainants prayed that the authority declare the agreements for sale as valid legal subsisting and binding on the developer the termination notice issued by the developer as illegal and bad in law and quash and set aside the said terminationthe authority while disposing the matter directed both the parties if complainants wish to continue to execute agreements for sale within 45 days of this ordernot time barredruling comes after a developer argued that complaints from home buyers were filed before may 1 2017