pune consumers will no longer have to deal with any discrimination on the basis of caste ethnicity gender sexual orientation or dietary choices while buying a property housing department officials said this is because chief minister devendra fadnavis emphasized on an antidiscriminatory clause in the real estate regulation and development rules rera as it is part of the central act fadnavis in reply to tois text message said the rules are proconsumer and have been accepted as per the centres act without any dilution officials said the rules which were cleared by the cm on tuesday would be notified within a week and put in public domain the rules will then come into effect from may 1 in the state president of credais pune chapter shantilal katariya said the move is good many builders go by sentiments we as a builders body would now advise consumers to approach rera authority or credai the builders have to abide by rules he saiddespite this activists say they wouldnt believe this till they see it being implemented razia patel an activist working for the empowerment of minorities told toi it is good on paper however practically how it will be implemented will have to be seen patel added that she has seen several examples of people being turned down because of their surnames or food habits r m sheikh who wanted to book a house in the camp area in a typical jain society was denied occupancy our papers were ready and when we approached the developer they told us other residents concerns having stayed all our lives in the camp area we were aghast by this reaction sheikh saidconsumer forums are glad the chief minister has said the rules will be proconsumers this antidiscriminatory clause is welcome as such discrimination was against the constitutional guarantee said mumbai grahak panchayats shirish deshpande pune grahak panchayats vijay sagar added that there were so many complaints regarding such discrimination that it was high time such a clause was includedanother consumer who was recently denied a home in a posh locality in the city said the constitution itself provides for nondiscrimination however it was often violated whether inserting such a clause in the rules will be beneficial will have to be seen the consumer saidhowever with rera only covering transactions between builders and homebuyers and not between landlords and tenants the protection against discrimination would not extend to those looking to rent homes another consumer said unless the rental housing policy is notified discrimination will continue a student who is pursuing his doctorate degree from the city said