New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) meant to serve homebuyers is only helping builders who are in default and states should have a rethink on appointing retired bureaucrats to head such bodies when citizens are not getting any relief. The damning observations were made by the top court while examining an appeal filed by Himachal Pradesh government seeking shifting of the RERA office from Shimla to Dharamsala in Kangra district. The Himachal Pradesh high court on December 30, 2025 had restrained the state from doing so on a petition filed by a real estate developer Naresh Sharma. Noting that a retired bureaucrat heads RERA in the state, the bench of Chief Justice of In...