How to check if a Dholera plot is genuine

There is no single certificate that stamps a Dholera plot as genuine, which is exactly why sellers can be vague. What you can do is run a short set of independent checks, each of which a legitimate plot passes easily and a weak one fails. Do all five before any token or booking amount changes hands, because money paid is far harder to recover than a deal walked away from.

1. Verify the RERA number

In Gujarat, a real estate project over 500 sq m or with more than 8 units must register with GUJRERA before it advertises or takes bookings. Ask for the RERA registration number and check it yourself on the GUJRERA portal, where the status shows as Active, Completed or Lapsed. The scam line to reject outright is that a project does not need RERA because it is inside the SIR. That is false. Our RERA and GUJRERA guide shows exactly how to look up a number.

2. Confirm the TP scheme and Final Plot number

Genuine developed land in Dholera sits inside a sanctioned Town Planning scheme and carries a Final Plot number, the unique identity the planning process assigns to your parcel. A plot without a Final Plot number is not yet a formally reconstituted plot, whatever the brochure calls it. Learn what the number means in our explainer on the Final Plot number, and cross-check that the scheme is actually sanctioned before you rely on it.

3. Check the land status: N.A. or title-clear

Agricultural land cannot legally carry construction until it is converted Non-Agricultural under the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, or unless it sits inside an approved TP scheme with a Final Plot number, which is treated as deemed N.A. Demand the N.A. order or the sanctioned TP and Final Plot proof. Our page on whether you need N.A. land covers this, and it matters even more for NRIs, who cannot legally buy agricultural land at all.

4. Read the original documents

Ask to see the sale deed, the mother deed, a 30-year Encumbrance Certificate, the 7/12 extract and tax receipts, and read the originals rather than photocopies. A clean title tells a consistent story across all of them, and a mismatch between the papers is itself a warning sign worth pausing on.

5. Watch the seller's behaviour

The documented red flags are behavioural as much as legal: refusal to share original papers, discouraging a site visit, agricultural land marketed as being in the SIR without N.A., and pressure to book today for a price that expires tomorrow. A genuine plot survives scrutiny, so a seller confident in the plot welcomes your checks. If yours does the opposite, that is your answer. Read the full list in our scams and red flags guide.

The bottom line

A genuine Dholera plot passes all five checks without friction: a live RERA number, a sanctioned TP scheme with a Final Plot number, clear N.A. or title status, a real location you can verify on a map, and original documents you can read. None of this requires a lawyer to start, though a lawyer should close it. Run the checks first, fall in love with the plot second.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• GUJRERA (gujrera.gujarat.gov.in): registration threshold over 500 sq m or 8 units, status lookup. Confirmed.
• Gujarat Land Revenue Code, Section 65 (N.A. conversion); deemed N.A. inside sanctioned TP schemes. Confirmed.
• Dholera master fact base, 2026 (documented red flags, title-document checklist). See our full sources page for links.