On 8 May 2026, MahaRERA signed Order No. 65A/2026, and three days later the portal that had registered tens of thousands of Maharashtra real estate projects went dark. At 11:59 PM on 10 May 2026, the legacy MahaRERA 1.0 system stopped accepting any submission, resubmission or processing. From the next morning, every promoter in the state had exactly one place to file: the new MahaCRITI platform. For a Mumbai buyer, the address where you check whether a project is genuine has quietly moved.

The short answer. MahaRERA Order 65A/2026, dated 8 May 2026, decommissioned the legacy MahaRERA 1.0 portal from 11:59 PM on 10 May 2026 and made the MahaCRITI portal the single mandatory channel for all filings from 11 May 2026. This covers four filing types: Project Registration, Project Correction, Project Extension and Project Quarterly Reporting. The buyer benefit is a cleaner, single source of truth; the trade-off is a transition window in which some older projects still mid-migration can show incomplete or stale data, so you must check the live MahaCRITI record rather than trust an old screenshot or a builder's printout.

This guide explains what changed, what MahaCRITI is, and how a Mumbai buyer should verify a project after the migration.

What did MahaRERA Order 65A/2026 actually do?

It shut the old portal and made the new one compulsory. MahaRERA Order No. 65A/2026, dated 8 May 2026, ordered that the old MahaRERA 1.0 IT system stand closed and cease to accept any submission, resubmission or processing with effect from 11:59 PM on 10 May 2026. From 11 May 2026 onward, all applications must be submitted exclusively on the MahaCRITI portal, described by MahaRERA as Web Portal 2.0.

Crucially, the order states the closure was for administrative purposes only. It does not amount to an adjudication on the merits of any pending application, nor a rejection. Promoters retain the liberty to submit fresh applications on MahaCRITI in line with the applicable procedure. So an old application that lapsed on the legacy system is not dead on its merits, it simply has to be refiled on the new platform.

What is MahaCRITI and when did it start?

MahaCRITI is MahaRERA's second-generation digital platform, intended to be the single integrated system for registration and compliance. It is not brand new. New applications for the four core filing types were already mandated to be submitted exclusively on MahaCRITI from 5 May 2025. What Order 65A/2026 did in May 2026 was close the remaining backdoor: applications filed on the old MahaRERA 1.0 portal before the May 2025 go-live had been allowed to keep processing on the legacy system, and that allowance has now ended.

In practice this means the data is consolidating into one place. For a buyer, that is a long-term improvement, because fragmented records across two systems were a real source of confusion. Until this order, a single project could have part of its history on the old portal and newer filings on MahaCRITI, forcing a careful buyer to cross-check two systems and reconcile them. A single platform removes that split, but only once every record has actually migrated, which is precisely why the transition window deserves attention. The short-term cost is the transition itself, covered below.

Which filings are affected, and why does it matter to a buyer?

Four filing types move entirely to MahaCRITI, and each one maps to something a buyer relies on. The table below lists them and the practical buyer relevance of each.

The Quarterly Reporting filing is the one buyers most often overlook and the one that most exposes a stalled project. A promoter who is building on schedule files these updates routinely; one who is not often lets them lapse, and a gap in quarterly reports is frequently the first visible sign that money or work has slowed. Our coverage of MahaRERA show-cause action against quarterly-reporting defaulters, linked below, shows why this filing is the single best early warning of trouble, and why its move to MahaCRITI matters: after the migration, that warning signal lives in only one place, so a buyer who knows where to look is no longer hunting across two systems for the most diagnostic document in the file.

How should a Mumbai buyer verify a project after the migration?

Verify on the live MahaCRITI record, not on anything a builder hands you. Because filings consolidated onto MahaCRITI in stages, with the final legacy closure on 10 May 2026, the only reliable check is the current entry on the portal itself. A registration certificate printed in 2024, or a screenshot from the old portal, may no longer reflect the project's live status, extensions or quarterly updates.

Pull the project's MahaCRITI page, confirm the registration is active, read the latest quarterly report and check whether any extension has pushed the completion date. Our step-by-step guide to MahaRERA registration verification in Mumbai, linked below, walks through exactly what to read. The same discipline applies to any Mumbai or MMR purchase, including an under-construction project such as Prestige Garden Trails at Mira Road, where you should match the brochure timeline against the live MahaRERA completion date before paying a booking amount.

What are the trade-offs and risks during this transition?

The honest downside is the migration window itself. Whenever a regulator forces every filing onto a new platform on a hard cutoff, some older projects sit mid-migration, and their data can look incomplete, delayed or inconsistent for a period. That does not automatically mean the project is in trouble, but it does mean a buyer cannot treat a thin or stale MahaCRITI page as proof of either safety or risk without further enquiry.

There is also a practical caveat: portal behaviour, search and document availability can change during a transition. Where the live MahaCRITI record is unclear, do not assume the worst or the best, confirm the figure directly on the official portal or with the developer in writing before you act. A wrong reading of a registration status is more dangerous than a slow one.

Does this change affect projects already registered with MahaRERA?

Yes, in where their records live, not in their legal validity. A project validly registered under MahaRERA remains registered; what changed is that all ongoing filings, corrections, extensions and quarterly reports now happen on MahaCRITI. The order was explicit that administrative closure of the old portal is not a rejection and does not affect the merits of any application.

For buyers, the practical effect is simply that the authoritative record for any project, old or new, is now the MahaCRITI entry. Treat that single page as the source of truth, and ignore older portal links or PDFs that may now point to a decommissioned system. If a broker or developer still circulates a link to the old MahaRERA 1.0 portal, that alone is a small red flag that their compliance information is not current, and a reason to insist on the live MahaCRITI page before you take any figure at face value.

What is MahaRERA Order 65A/2026?

It is the MahaRERA order, dated 8 May 2026, that decommissioned the legacy MahaRERA 1.0 portal from 11:59 PM on 10 May 2026 and made the MahaCRITI portal the only channel for filings from 11 May 2026. The order states the closure is administrative and is not a rejection of any pending application on its merits.

Where do I now verify a MahaRERA project in Mumbai?

On the MahaCRITI portal, MahaRERA's Web Portal 2.0, which since the May 2026 migration holds all registrations, corrections, extensions and quarterly reports. Do not rely on old MahaRERA 1.0 links, printed certificates or builder screenshots, because the legacy system was closed on 10 May 2026 and may no longer reflect the live status.

Which filings moved to the MahaCRITI portal?

Four filing types: Project Registration, Project Correction, Project Extension and Project Quarterly Reporting. These were mandated exclusively on MahaCRITI from 5 May 2025, and Order 65A/2026 closed the legacy backdoor for older applications still processing on the old system, completing the move from 11 May 2026.

Does the portal closure cancel a developer's registration?

No. The order is explicit that the administrative closure of the old portal is not an adjudication on merits and does not amount to a rejection. A validly registered project stays registered; only the platform for ongoing filings changed. Promoters may also submit fresh applications on MahaCRITI if an older filing lapsed in the migration.

Sources worth reading in full: the MahaRERA orders and circulars page for the official record, and detailed analysis of Order 65A/2026 from IndiaLaw and Mondaq. For practical buyer steps, see our guides to MahaRERA registration verification in Mumbai and MahaRERA show-cause action against quarterly-reporting defaulters. Apply the same checks to a live project such as Prestige Garden Trails at Mira Road.

Use this seven-point checklist before trusting any MahaRERA status:

1. Verify the project only on the live MahaCRITI portal, not on an old MahaRERA 1.0 link or a printed certificate.
2. Confirm the registration is currently active, not merely that it once existed.
3. Open the latest Project Quarterly Reporting filing and read the construction and finance update.
4. Check the Project Extension history to see whether the completion date has been pushed back.
5. Cross-check the brochure possession date against the live MahaCRITI completion date.
6. If the MahaCRITI page looks thin or stale, treat it as inconclusive and confirm in writing before paying.
7. Match the registration number on the portal exactly against the one in your booking documents.

The migration to MahaCRITI is, on balance, good news for buyers: one portal, one record, one place to verify. The discipline it demands is equally simple, check the live entry yourself, and never let an old screenshot stand in for the current truth.

Last updated 2026-06-28. PropNewz Team.