Verify a GUJRERA registration
RERA verification is the highest-value five minutes in Indian property buying, and almost nobody does it. Sellers know this, which is why "RERA approved" appears in ads the way "doctor recommended" appears on toothpaste. Approved is not a number. Here is how to get past the sticker.
Reading a Dholera RERA number
The format runs PR/GJ/district/taluka-or-authority/type/unique code/date. Real examples surfaced for named Dholera-area projects, which you should re-confirm live on the portal before relying on them, exactly as we do:
| Project (as listed) | Registration number (reported; confirm on portal) |
|---|---|
| Piccadilly Square 2 (SmartHomes Infrastructure, Kadipur) | PR/GJ/AHMEDABAD/DHOLERA/DSIRDA/PN36AA09936/210522 |
| Bliss 107 (Satyaja Infracon) | PR/GJ/AHMEDABAD/DHOLERA/DSIRDA/PAA12751/040124/310328 |
| Fidato Luxuria Phase 1 | PR/GJ/AHMEDABAD/DHANDHUKA/Others/PAA07658/101120 |
| Dholera Marigold 548 (Kadipur) | PR/GJ/AHMEDABAD/DHANDHUKA/Others/PAA07648/091120 |
Two patterns worth noticing: older registrations tag the taluka as DHANDHUKA (Dholera SIR villages historically fall under Dhandhuka's registration geography), newer ones tag DHOLERA/DSIRDA directly; and the trailing digits encode dates, so a number ending 310328 carries its expiry in plain sight (31 March 2028).
The five-minute portal walk
One: open gujrera.gujarat.gov.in and find Project Search under the Registration menu. Two: search by the number, or by promoter name with district Ahmedabad. Three: open the project record and match the promoter's legal name against your brochure and draft agreement (mismatches are a live red flag: you may be dealing with a marketer, not the promoter). Four: open the filed layout and find your exact plot number at its stated size. Five: check status and expiry: an expired or lapsed registration means no fresh sales should be happening.
When there is genuinely no number
Gujarat practice exempts some pure plotted layouts (broadly, small schemes under roughly 500 sq m or eight units, and plot-only developments have had contested coverage), so absence of RERA is not automatically fraud. It simply moves the entire burden onto the other checks: DSIRDA layout sanction, N.A. status, title, 7/12. No RERA and no sanctioned layout and agricultural status: that is not an exemption, that is your exit.