1985 batch retired IAS officer of AGMUT cadre and former Chief Secretary of Goa, Parimal Rai has been appointed as as the first chairperson of the J&K Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) by the Jammu and Kashmir government.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 22 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, the J&K government appoints Parimal Rai, IAS (retired), as Chairperson of the J&K Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA),” read a notification issued by the Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department Dheeraj Gupta.
“The appointment of the chairperson will take effect from the date he assumes the charge of the post in the authority. The chairperson of the authority should not hold any other office. The terms and conditions of appointment would be notified separately,” the notification read.
The J&K government had framed the J&K Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2020 under Section 84 (1) of the act enacted by the parliament in 2016. Rules were notified by the J&K Housing and Urban Development Department on July 22, 2020.
