What Is a Revenue Recovery Certificate (RRC) Under RERA — and Why It Matters
When a RERA authority or its adjudicating officer orders a promoter to refund money, pay interest for delay or compensate a buyer, the order is supposed to be obeyed. When it is not, the authority can issue a Revenue Recovery Certificate (RRC).
How recovery works
Section 40(1) of the RERA Act says that if a promoter fails to pay any interest, penalty or compensation imposed on them, it may be recovered as an arrear of land revenue. In practice the authority sends a certificate to the district administration (usually the Deputy Commissioner or Collector), which can attach and auction the promoter's property to recover the amount.
Why we weight RRCs heavily
A complaint is only a buyer's filing. An RRC sits at the end of a process: a complaint was heard, an order was passed, and the promoter still did not pay. That is why our complaints ranking counts each RRC three times.
Reading the K-RERA list
Karnataka publishes its Revenue Recovery Certificate list with complaint number, promoter, project, amount, judgement date and RRC date. On Real Estate Checker these appear on each builder's profile — we leave out complainant names to protect buyers' privacy.
If you are owed money
- Keep a copy of the order and note the date by which payment was due.
- Apply to the authority for execution if the promoter does not pay.
- Follow up with the district office once the RRC is issued.
An RRC against a builder does not tell you everything about a new project, but it tells you how that promoter has treated past buyers when an order went against them.