NCDRC on DLF Panchkula project - Real estate
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) directed the firm to hand over the apartments to buyers as per a list proposed by DLF for scheduled possession, failing which it will have to pay a penalty of Rs.5,000 per flat per day to the buyers till the project is completed.
The bench noted that the firm had to give the possession of the property within three years including the grace period from the date of letter of allotment till possession was to be given by 2013. After this, it will have to pay interest till the period it has now proposed before the commission, it said.
If the flats are not given till the period now proposed by the firm, it will carry a penalty of Rs.5,000 per day till its possession, it said. The bench asked the builder to pay Rs.30,000 compensation each to all the 50 complainants for harassment and anguish.
The commission also imposed compensation in the sum of Rs.30,000 to each of the allottee/complainant, towards litigation charges, anger, harassment, anguish, mental agony, frustration and sadness.
According to the complaints, the complainants had applied for flats at DLF Valley, Panchkula in 2010, and later entered into a contract with the firm. The flats were to be given within 24 months from the date of allotment of provisional allotment letters. However, the flats were not delivered by the firm and the buyers approached the NCDRC this year. more