New Delhi: A Sahara Group company has been directed by the apex consumer body to refund Rs 1.11 crore for its failure to give possession of a bungalow in one of its housing projects near Indore to a home-buyer.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) rejected the contention of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL) that it could not handover the property to an Indore-based couple due to certain clearances having not been given to the company.
The consumer body, which also imposed a litigation cost of Rs 10,000 on the firm, said there was “no justification” for the “abnormal delay” of four years on the part of SICCL which had not delivered the bungalow to the couple since the expiry of the due date in 2011.
According to the complaint filed by Sanjay Kumar Airen and Anita Airen they were allotted a residential bungalow in Sahara Prime City Ltd and SICCL’s housing project Sahara City Homes at Agra-Bombay Bypass Road near Indore city on May 28, 2008 after a payment of Rs 1.11 crore.
The possession was to be delivered within 38 months from the date of the allotment, that is by July 28, 2011. However, they did not get it till 2015, it said.
