ranchi after streamlining the process of clearing pending maps the ranchi regional development authority rrda has moved to ensure registration of new buildings the rrda has asked flat owners and builders to get their buildings registered within a week failing which it will be forced to take punitive action against both rrda vicechairman bn das told a delegation of real estate developers to expedite the process of registrationfollowing the rrdas instruction the jharkhand unit of the confederation of real estate developers of india credi held a meeting on saturday in which it decided to extend cooperation to the civic agency in getting the buildings registeredwe share the rrdas concern about the slack approach towards registration of flats but we have now decided to work in tandem with the civic agency in expediting the process of registering flats in the state capital said sn singh president of jharkhand unit of credi while speaking to the et after the meeting according to rrdas official records there are 1849 buildingsflats which have not been registered but are being used however a real estate developer said the actual number could much more numbering not less than 5000 since the real estate business has seen a big boom after ranchi became a state capital eight years agoas per estimates registration of a flat of rs 1000 per sq ft at a prime location in ranchi costs anywhere between rs 5000070000 therefore the state government is losing a revenue of more than rs 25 crore the rrdas fresh move is seen as an attempt to fill in its coffersmeanwhile the rrda has cleared 165 maps and rejected about 100 maps ever since it launched a special drive to expedite the process on may 30 however the civic body is facing hardship due to lack of technical manpower according to a source there are still more than 500 maps pending with the rrda for clearance