The Bihar Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has recently been established by the Government of Bihar pursuant to the enactment of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 (Act No.16 of 2016). The said Act has been framed by the Parliament which has received accent of the President on 25th March 2016 with the objective to establish Real Estate Regulatory Authority for regulation and promotion of the real estate sector, in order to ensure sale of plots, apartments, and buildings or real estate projects in efficient and transparent manner, mainly to protect the interest of consumers in real estate sector and to establish adjucating mechanism for speedly redressal of disputes between stakeholders. The Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has been established to hear appeal from the decisions, directions, or orders passed by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority as well as by the Adjudicating Officer and also for matters connected theirwith or incidental thereto.

Every appeal before Bihar Real Estate Appellate Tribunal is to be filed under sections 44 of the Act, which shall be accompanied by a fees of five thousand rupees in the form of a demand draft or a bankers cheque drawn on a scheduled bank in favour of the Appellate Tribunal and Payable at the branch of that Bank at the station where the said Appellate Tribunal is situated or through online payment, as the case may be.

Every appeal shall be filed in Form ‘L’, in triplicate, until the application procedure is made web based, along with the following documents, namely:-

a. True copy of the order against which the appeal is filed;

b. Copies of the documents relied upon by the appellant and referred to in the appeal; and

c. An index of the documents.

Every appeal shall be either filed at the filling counter of the Registry of the Appellate Tribunal or through registered post or through online system, as applicable. In case of an appeal sent by post , it shall be deemed to have been presented to the Appellate Tribunal on the day on which it is received in its office.