The short answer: the owner, plus one licensed professional whose number appears on the drawing. Regulations 2.2.16 and 2.2.19 together make every set of plans traceable to a named individual.
Key takeaways
- All plans must be signed by the owner and by any co-owner.
- They must also be signed by the architect, town planner, licensed engineer or supervisor.
- The drawing must indicate that person's name, address and the registration or licence number allotted by the Authority.
- That person must be registered or licensed by the Authority as competent for the works listed in the appendix.
- An architect registered with the Council of Architecture is not required to register with the Authority.
- For a special building, a separate structural stability certificate is signed by the licensed structural engineer.
The two requirements
Chapter 2, Regulation 2.2.16, UDCPR as updated 30 January 2025 is about the drawing. All plans shall be duly signed by the owner, co-owner if any, and by the architect or town planner or licensed engineer or supervisor, and shall indicate his name, address and registration or licence number allotted by the Authority.
Chapter 2, Regulation 2.2.19, UDCPR as updated 30 January 2025 is about the person. The architect, engineer, town planner or supervisor referred to above shall be registered or licensed by the Authority as competent to plan and carry out various works as given in the appendix. The qualification and the procedure for registration and licensing of the engineer, structural engineer, town planner and supervisor are set out there too.
| Professional | Registration position |
|---|---|
| Architect registered with the Council of Architecture | Not required to register with the Authority |
| Engineer, structural engineer, town planner, supervisor | Registered or licensed by the Authority, with qualification and procedure as in the appendix |
What changes the answer
The practical value of these two provisions is that they make a claim checkable.
The licence number on the drawing is a fact that can be carried elsewhere. MahaRERA publishes the certifying architect, engineer and chartered accountant for every registered project, so a name on a sanctioned plan can be set against the register to see what else that person certifies and how those projects have performed against their own filed timelines.
That is the rare due diligence question the public data answers well, and it costs nothing.
The separate certificate on structure sits alongside these. Chapter 2, Regulation 2.2.15, Structural Stability Certificate requires that, in the case of special buildings, the application be accompanied by a structural stability certificate signed by the licensed structural engineer, certifying the building is safe against loads, forces and effects including earthquake, landslides, cyclones and floods.
The Authority's own latitude
Chapter 2, Regulation 2.3, Discretionary Powers - Interpretation# is worth knowing alongside, because it is where flexibility in this chapter lives. In conformity with the intent and spirit of the regulations, the Authority may by order in writing decide matters where an error is observed in an order, requirement, decision or determination of interpretation made by it or by an officer it authorised, and may decide the extent of a Development or Regional Plan proposal with respect to a survey, gut, CTS, block, barrack or unit number where the boundaries shown are unclear.
The phrase to note is "by order in writing". Discretion here is exercisable, and recorded.
Related rule cards
- Who signed for your building
- Sanctioned plans online, and the permission's clock
- Completion, occupancy and part OC
Where the filings come in
The register names the professionals. Every MahaRERA filing at reragenie.com is free to read and lists the certifying architect, engineer and chartered accountant, alongside the filed land area, the buildings and their floors, the promoter's extension history with the reasons given, and any complaints or litigation with case numbers.
ReraGenie's buyer report, Rs 499, reads one project's full filing and the documents behind it, sets the promoter's record against the rest of the register, and includes a project watch for 90 days.
Source: Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations for Maharashtra, UDCPR as updated 30 January 2025. Sanctioned under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966.
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