- It is not fair to put pressure on buyers
- Clarifies the National Consumer Disputes’ Redressal Commission
The National Consumer Disputes’ Redressal Commission has made it clear that the developers should not handover the flat or house unfinished. It is not acceptable to it handing over property to buyers without obtaining completion certificate from the local bodies.
Disposing of a petition, it asked a Bengaluru-based developer to pay Rs 3.5 crore paid to it by a consumer along with interest. Mantri Technology – a realty developer- launched a luxury villa project in 2013 in Chennai with a promise to hand over the villas to buyers by May 2015. On the basis of the promise made by it, consumers Suman Kumar Jha and Pratibha Jha entered into an agreement to buy a villa with a total plinth area of over 3900 sft and made payments to the builder accordingly.
But the builder failed to deliver the villa to them as promised. But, the company asked them to sign documents to the effect that they have handed over the villas executed completely. It put the condition to them to hand over the flat keys provided they sign the documents. Moreover, the developer did not get any certificate from local authorities on the completion of the project. Therefore, the buyers approached the commission. They contended that the project was delayed by over two years and complained that the villas of the project are only half completed. The commission, going into all aspects of the case, found fault with the company and asked the developer to pay back the buyers their Rs 3.5 crore along with interest.
