Summary:
Tribune News ServiceBathinda, June 25Hearing a petition on the non-transfer of a house despite payment, the District Consumer Disputes Redresal Forum has directed Police Welfare Co-operative Multipurpose Welfare Society Ltd to refund Rs10.50 lakh with 12 per cent interest since 2005 to ADGP Rohit Chowdhary. After not getting the house or money back for 15 years, the ADGP, through his advocate Vikas Kumar, had filed a petition against the society with the consumer forum. On hearing the arguments of Rohit’s counsel, the forum ordered the society to refund the money with interest in one month. Rohit had booked a house in a police colony, planned by the society on 108 acres, in Kotshamir village. The society had acquired 108 acres for the project, but work failed to complete following the allegation of irregularities in funds..