REAT Orders Viana Homes to Register Kokapet Commercial Unit to Buyer

The Telangana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (TG REAT) has directed Viana Homes Pvt. Ltd to register a commercial unit in favour of a property buyer at Poojitha Tech Park in Kokapet, Hyderabad, after dismissing an appeal filed by the real estate company.

The appellate tribunal upheld an earlier order passed by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) on November 6, 2025, ruled in favour of the buyer, K. Vijaya Lakshmi. The dispute pertained to Unit No. 45, a commercial space measuring 1,000 square feet located on the fourth floor of the Poojitha Tech Park project.

According to the case details, Vijaya Lakshmi entered into a formal sale agreement with the developer in October 2022 for a basic cost of ₹73.92 lakh, excluding corpus fund and Goods and Services Tax (GST). She subsequently paid a total sum of ₹1.029 crore towards the property. Despite assurances that the project would be completed by July 2023, the builder failed to execute and register the sale deed in her name.

In its appeal before the tribunal, Viana Homes sought to challenge the transaction by alleging that the sale agreement had been fabricated. The developer pointed to discrepancies in witness signatures across copies submitted in separate complaints as grounds for its claim.

The tribunal dismissed the developer's arguments, observing that the managing director of Viana Homes had previously admitted to entering into the agreement with the buyer. TG REAT ruled that the substantive terms of the agreement remained identical across documents and that the minor differences in witness signatures did not establish fraud or invalidate the contract.

Consequently, the tribunal ordered Viana Homes to execute and register the sale deed in favour of Vijaya Lakshmi.

In the same ruling, the tribunal also upheld RERA’s directives against Sikha Balaraju, managing director of Infy Projects. Balaraju had acknowledged receiving an excess consideration amount of ₹29,02,100. The tribunal ordered him to refund the entire excess sum along with 10.75 per cent annual interest, while restraining him from operating as an unregistered real estate agent.