1. He can most probably delay the recovery but he cannot prevent the recovery

2. Yes of course. You can claim further interest and compensation as well on that unpaid amount 

3. You can move Rera by filing an application to delist him and cancel or suspend his Rera registration and also seek damages and compensation from him

4. You can include but I doubt the police will entertain. For the cheque bounce you have to initiate 138 proceedings against him in a criminal court and can also file a summary suit in civil court 

1) builder cannot delay recovery proceedings 

2) insist on demand draft 

3) return the post dated cheque 

4) you can file case of cheating against builder 

1. No , he cannot delay 

2. No, 

3. yes 

4. You can file compliant under N.I. Act for the recovery of amount , and also lodge compliant against the builder before the consumer court as well. 

If cheque amount is insufficient and not as per court orders don’t deposit the cheque 

if you deposit and cheque is dishonoured take out contempt of court proceedings against builder 

- No it will not impact the recovery proceeding , if you file a compliant under N.I. Act , as it comes under the criminal proceeding . 

It wont affec the recovery proceedings 

Aside from NI act you also have remedy of a summary suit against the bounced cheque

1. This is another tactics that the builder is playing to avoid making payment of the amount as ordered by RERA. It is not necessary for him to give a post date cheque that too pertaining to the month of Feb-2021, you can refuse to accept the cheque and also insist on full payment with interest that is due to you till the date of making the payment, if there is no proper response, you may again approach RERA for non-fulfillment of the orders by the builder and to attach the properties of the builder till such time he makes the payment or to auction the attached property.

2. If you are not satisfied with the cheque amount then what is the necessity for you to deposit the cheque to your bank account, moreover it is a post dated cheque, you cannot even deposit the same even one day prior to the date mentioned in it.

3. It is not automatic that the FIR can be registered once the cheque bounces and returned dishonoring the cheque payment.

You would be advised by the police to file a cheque bounce case under section 138 NI act, which will again run for years before you get a favorable judgment 

4. You have not deposited the cheque with the bank and you cannot do it now because it is a post dated cheque, hence there is no question of cheque bounce or the builder playing fraud on you so soon.

You may have to wait for the date to deposit the cheque after which only you can initiate any legal action against the builder because there is no cause of action on your side to initiate any legal steps on this.

Instead you return the cheque to the builder and ask him to give the cheque with the current date or you can report the matter to RERA for solution.

Don't take any erroneous action in haste without understanding the law involved in it. 

You have mentioned that it is a post date cheque dated Feb-2021, then where is the question of the cheque getting bounced so soon without even depositing the same with the bank and the bank will not accept the post dated cheque now and would ask you to come on the due date only. 

The option before you is to refuse to accept the post dated cheque, ask him to give a cheque to that amount with current date, if he refuses then you can approach RERA for relief.

1. If the cheque bounces then your remedy will be a cheque bounce case under Section 138 of NI Act before the criminal court, which may take years to be decided.

2. You should file an application before RERA to direct builder to give you a DD instead of cheque.

3. FIR or cheque bounce case will not get you your money back. Your best bet is before RERA.