Almost every project on RERA Karnataka says approved. Of 9,040 registrations as updated on 19 October 2026, 8,937 carry that word, including projects finished years ago and projects whose completion dates passed without anything being finished. A buyer who reads the status as a health check learns almost nothing. This guide explains each of the four registration statuses and the three project phrases the register files, what each one does and does not tell you, and the two dates that answer the question the status cannot.
Key takeaways
- The register files four registration statuses: approved on 8,937 registrations, withdrawn on 59, transferred on 40 and revoked on 4, as updated on 19 October 2026.
- Approved does not mean on time: 2,462 approved registrations had a completion date, extensions included, already behind them, with no completion recorded.
- The project phrase (New Project Launch, Ongoing, Completed) is how the promoter described the project, not where it stands now: 469 registrations from 2017 and 2018 still read New Project Launch.
- The authority has acknowledged more than 2,630 delayed projects, according to the law firm King Stubb and Kasiva, so read the dates before the word.
The four registration statuses
Approved. The authority approved the registration. Karnataka does not move a registration out of approved when its completion date passes, so the word is a fact about the registration, not about the project's progress. Read it as "registered", and go straight to the dates.
Withdrawn. The registration was withdrawn; 39 of the 59 were projects described as New Project Launch. The status line does not say why. Before dealing with anyone who is still selling such a project, ask for the authority's order and the reason, and check whether a new registration replaced it.
Transferred. The register spells it transfered. The project passed from one promoter to another. Under section 15 of the RERA Act, a promoter cannot transfer the majority of its rights and liabilities in a project without the prior written consent of two thirds of the allottees and the authority's written approval. If you are buying into a transferred project, the new promoter is the one your agreement must be with, and its other registrations are the track record that now matters.
Revoked. The authority cancelled the registration, which it can do under section 7 of the Act for a promoter's default, for breaching the terms of registration or for unfair practices. A revoked project cannot be sold. Under section 8, the authority can then consult the state government on how the remaining work is to be carried out, which may include handing it to the buyers' association. Only four registrations carry this status.
The three project phrases
Separately from the status, each registration carries a phrase describing the project: New Project Launch on 4,113, Ongoing on 3,197 and Completed on 1,724. Treat these as the promoter's description at the time, not as a live reading. Ongoing is most common among registrations from 2017, when projects already under way had to register, but it appears in every year since; and 469 registrations from 2017 and 2018 still read New Project Launch, years after any launch. Completed is the most useful of the three, and it is still not the same as the completion filing, which is its own tab and is what to read for certificates.
Where approved registrations actually stand
Set the status aside and look at the dates, and the 8,937 approved registrations fall into three groups:
Source: ReraGenie analysis of 8,937 approved RERA Karnataka registrations, latest completion date including extensions, as updated on 19 October 2026; 6 file no date
The third group is the one the status hides. Some of those projects may be finished and simply not have filed; some are stalled. The filing cannot tell them apart, which is why the quarterly update and a site visit matter. To see which group a project you are considering is in, open its free page from the Karnataka project list: the completion date and every extension sit beside the status.
Extensions: reading the history
When a project will miss its date, the promoter can apply to extend. The register files the kind of each extension: 2,525 registrations carry at least one, with 1,941 Covid extensions, 990 under section 6 of the Act and 188 further extensions. A Covid extension was granted for the pandemic period and says little about the promoter. Section 6 extensions are applied for, are meant for force majeure, and are capped by the Act at one year in total, so a project already on its section 6 extension has little room left. What the law gives you when a date slips is in RERA rules for delayed possession.
A project whose date has passed with no extension and no completion filed is late on its own filing. That does not make it a bad project, but it changes the conversation: ask for the current construction position in writing, and read the latest quarterly update before paying anything more.
An analogy: the departure board
A railway departure board can show a train as "on platform" well after its scheduled time. The status is true: the train is there. The timetable is what tells you it is late. RERA Karnataka's status is the departure board, and the completion date with its extensions is the timetable. Read both, and believe the timetable.
Ananya and Karthik read an approved project
Names and numbers in this story are illustrative. The project near Hennur looked fine at first glance: Registration approved, Ongoing. Then Ananya read the dates. The completion date had passed eight months earlier, one Covid extension was on record and nothing after it, and no completion had been filed. The latest quarterly update was two quarters old and put construction at 71 percent. The sales office said possession was "three or four months away". Karthik replied that the project's own filing said it was eight months late and that they would like the revised date in writing, with the reason. The answer that came back is what they took to their lawyer.
The checks that replace the status
- Latest completion date. The original date plus every extension.
- Completion filed or not. If the date has passed, look for the completion filing and its certificates; occupancy vs completion certificate explains which paper you need.
- Latest quarterly update. Its quarter, and the construction percentage.
- Complaints. On this project and on its promoter. How to file one if you need to is in how to file a RERA complaint.
- Recovery reality. An order is not money: the authority had issued about Rs 707 crore in recovery orders and recovered about Rs 79 crore, according to King Stubb and Kasiva's review published in early 2025.
Where all of this sits on the portal is in how to check a project on RERA Karnataka, and what the regulator can and cannot do is in what is RERA Karnataka.
What the free page shows
ReraGenie's free page for a RERA Karnataka project shows the registration status as filed, in a neutral colour for approved because approved is not a statement that the project is on schedule, and in red or amber for withdrawn, revoked and transferred. Beside it sits the completion date with every extension, the construction stage furthest along, the complaints count and every document the promoter filed, including an occupancy certificate where one was uploaded. Buyer reports, the project watch and alerts cover MahaRERA projects only for now. Find a project from the Karnataka project list and read its dates first.
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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