Empress City flat owners move nat’l consumer panel

  • | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

The developers even failed to get necessary permissions like building plan sanction, fire compliance, environment clearance, occupancy certificate etc. Accordingly, SNDL went to snap the power supply but failed to do so due to strong protests. Nagpur: Empress City’s 63 flat owners have filed a petition before National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) seeking directions to developers Reward Real Estate Company Ltd and KSL Industries Ltd for refunding their money with 16% per annum interest. The petition calculates interest amount at over Rs50 lakh. Also, developers did not provide facilities and amenities like podium garden, club house, gymnasium, swimming pool, common roads etc that were assured within three months of purchasing the flats.

Nagpur: Empress City’s 63 flat owners have filed a petition before National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) seeking directions to developers Reward Real Estate Company Ltd and KSL Industries Ltd for refunding their money with 16% per annum interest. They alleged that the developers did not execute sale deeds, provide assured amenities and also did not obtain necessary sanctions despite selling the flats six years ago.Flat owners Pawankumar Jain and 62 others through advocates Tushar Mandlekar and Rohan Malviya filed the joint consumer complaint with NCDRC, New Delhi, under Section 12 (1) (C) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. In a hearing held a few days ago, Justice (retired) Deepa Gupta served notices to the respondents.As per the petition, over 300 people have purchased 3BHK flats measuring approximately 1,500 sq ft and paid over Rs200 crore to the developers. The petitioners purchased the flats at Rs62 lakh each and paid 100% amount to developers between May 26, 2012, and August 30, 2015.“Developers are engaged in unfair trade practice and deficiency in service by not giving the valid and legal possession and executing sale deeds of the suit property to all buyers in stipulated time. Also, developers did not provide facilities and amenities like podium garden, club house, gymnasium, swimming pool, common roads etc that were assured within three months of purchasing the flats. The developers even failed to get necessary permissions like building plan sanction, fire compliance, environment clearance, occupancy certificate etc. Therefore, we should be refunded the full cost of flats with interest,” petitioners said.In alternative prayers, the petitioners have demanded that sale deeds be executed, amenities provided and necessary permissions secured, along with payment of litigation cost etc. The petition calculates interest amount at over Rs50 lakh. If all 300 people are required to be refunded, the total amount goes to over Rs300 crore.The petitioners have also alleged developers cheated them by not fulfilling promises in three to six years. “The scheme is not complete even today. The developers failed to provide authorized drinking water connections to buyers who are forced to buy water from market,” they said.In last month, NMC fire and emergency services department had directed power franchisee SNDL to disconnect power supply to all flats for lack of compliance of fire safety norms. Accordingly, SNDL went to snap the power supply but failed to do so due to strong protests.

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