The architect's Form 1 is how a GujRERA project tells the register how far construction has got. For each building it lists the stages of the RERA activity checklist with a percentage against each, and on most registrations it adds the date each stage was planned to start and finish and the date it actually did, with photographs from the site. Read properly, it says more than MahaRERA's progress filing, whose per-activity date fields are empty. This guide explains what is in it, how to read it, and what it does not prove.
Key takeaways
- Form 1 is the architect's certificate of construction, building by building, filed with each quarterly return beside the engineer's Form 2 and the accountant's Form 3.
- A Form 1 record is on 17,308 of the 17,309 GujRERA registrations ReraGenie read as updated on 28 October 2026, and planned stage dates are filed on 10,551 of them.
- Site photographs are uploaded on 13,966 registrations; the photograph and the certificate should describe the same building at the same stage.
- Form 1 is the promoter's filing, signed by its architect: read the percentages against the planned dates and the registration's completion date, not on their own.
Why the certificate exists
Section 4(2)(l)(D) of the RERA Act requires the promoter to keep 70 percent of the money collected from buyers in a separate account and to withdraw it only in proportion to the work completed, as certified by an engineer, an architect and a chartered accountant in practice. The three certificates are that chain. In Gujarat, the architect's is Form 1, the engineer's Form 2 (with the cost incurred on each building) and the accountant's Form 3 (with the money). A GujRERA order of 2019 made Forms 2 and 3 mandatory for registration, alteration and extension applications and for quarterly returns. How the money side of the chain works is in Form 3 and withdrawals from the 70 percent account.
An analogy: the three forms are like the three signatures on a cheque that a trust account needs before money can leave it. The architect signs to say the work exists, the engineer that it was built and costed as claimed, and the accountant that the money moved accordingly. Form 1 is the first signature, and the others lean on it.
What a Form 1 holds, in order
- 1
The architect and the visit
The architect's name and licence number, the date of the site visit and the date the certificate was submitted.
- 2
Each building, stage by stage
The RERA checklist: excavation, plinth, stilt, slabs, walls and plaster, sanitary fittings, staircases and lift wells, external plumbing and plaster, lifts and finishing, each with a percentage or marked not applicable.
- 3
Planned and actual dates
On most registrations, when each stage was planned to start and finish, and when it did.
- 4
Common areas
In a companion part of the certificate: roads, water supply, sewerage, drainage, landscaping, street lighting and the other shared works, each with a percentage.
- 5
Photographs
Site photographs of each building, uploaded with the certificate.
Source: ReraGenie, from the contents of GujRERA Form 1 certificates
How to read the percentages
Read them stage by stage, not as one number. An overall figure of 60 percent can mean a structure fully topped out with no finishing, or a project half complete on every floor; the first is a few months from fitting out, the second is not. The stages run in a fixed order in the checklist, so a later stage well ahead of an earlier one is worth a question. And a stage at 100 percent on one building and 0 on its neighbour simply means the towers are being built one after the other, which the planned dates should confirm.
Source: ReraGenie analysis of 17,309 GujRERA registrations, as updated on 28 October 2026
The planned dates are the sharp edge
The planned dates are what make a Gujarat Form 1 more useful than most registers' progress filings. A stage that should have finished last year and is still at 40 percent tells you more than any overall percentage, and it tells you before the completion date arrives. Compare three things: the planned finish of the last stage, the completion date on the registration, and today. If the planned finish of the slabs is already past and the slabs are not done, the completion date is under pressure whatever the brochure says. What happens in law when the date does pass is in RERA rules for delayed possession.
Form 1 is signed by the promoter's own architect. It is a professional certificate with the architect's licence behind it, but it is not an inspection by GujRERA or by anyone acting for you. A site visit of your own, compared with the photographs in the certificate, is the check that completes it.
What to read beside it
Two other figures sharpen a Form 1. The first is the cost: the engineer's Form 2 records the cost incurred on each building, and a building whose stages are far along while little of its estimated cost has been spent, or the reverse, deserves a question. The second is the booking count: a building that is mostly booked and slow to progress has buyers waiting on it. Both sit on the same registration, and reading the three side by side is what turns a certificate into a picture.
How often a return is filed
Every quarter, with the return marked submitted, exempt or in default on the register. GujRERA was reported by DeshGujarat in December 2024 to be moving from a flat late fee to a daily fee of Rs 400 to Rs 1,000 for a late quarterly return from 1 January 2025, depending on the project's cost. The newest return's date is the first thing to read: a Form 1 from three quarters ago describes a site that has since moved, or has not. The general picture of quarterly reporting is in quarterly progress reports explained, and how MahaRERA's versions of the three forms read is in reading MahaRERA Form 1, 2 and 3.
Hetal and Jignesh compare a certificate with a site
Names and numbers in this story are illustrative. Their shortlisted project had two towers. The latest Form 1 put Tower A's slabs at 100 percent and its internal walls at 45, and Tower B's slabs at 30 percent, with a planned finish for B's slabs eight months earlier. The registration's completion date was fourteen months away. On a Saturday visit Jignesh photographed both towers from the road: A was topped out, as certified, and B had six floors up. The certificate was honest, Hetal said; it was the plan that had slipped. They asked the sales office which tower their flat was in, and when B's slabs were now expected.
What ReraGenie's free page shows
ReraGenie's free Gujarat page lays out the construction progress from the latest quarterly filing building by building, each stage of the RERA checklist with its percentage, then the progress on shared amenities, and names the certifying architect and engineer. The certificates themselves, Forms 1, 2 and 3, appear in the documents list with their upload dates, and the files stay on the GujRERA portal. Buyer reports, the project watch and alerts cover MahaRERA projects only for now. Open your shortlist from the Gujarat project list, find the certificates on the portal with how to check a project on GujRERA, and see where they fit in the purchase in buying a flat in Gujarat.
This article is educational and not legal advice. For a dispute, consult a lawyer who practices before your state's RERA.
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