Forum holds meeting to redress Gurgaon home-buyers' grievances

The Haryana government-constituted Allottees Grievances Redressal Forum today held a meeting under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner T L Satyaprakash to redress the grievances of allottees of flats or plots.
The Forum was of the view that a delegation of the complainants should file a criminal miscellaneous case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court so that the buyers are able to get relief.
"It was also of the view that the names of all complainants be added in the FIR lodged against the erring builder or FIRs on behalf of all the complainants be clubbed. About 1,000 buyers are said to be aggrieved in this case and they wanted that their name be included in the list of complainants so that they can get relief from the High Court," said Satyaprakash.

While DCP Kulwinder Singh said that legal opinion would be sought on whether to lodge an FIR in the name of every complainant or club all complainants in an FIR. "Presently, an FIR is lodged on the complaint of 44 complainants and the matter is pending in the High Court," Singh said.
Redressing a complaint against another builder in Sector 51, Gurgaon, the Forum decided that the builder will have to honour the terms and conditions of builder-buyer agreement and get the conveyance deed done in favour of the buyers.
The buyers had alleged that in the occupation certificate obtained by the builder, area of each unit has been shown to be 1,200 square feet but the builder has increased the area to 1,600 square feet in the demand letter and taken Rs 6-8 lakh more from each buyer.

They also alleged that the builder was supplying electricity from DG sets and charging Rs 15.35 per unit for last two-and-a-half years, besides causing a lot of pollution in the area.

The Forum said the issue of electricity will be taken up after the builder-buyer agreement issue is resolved.
"In yet another case, the Forum ordered the builder to deposit the pending VAT amount in next ten days and then get the conveyance deed done in favour of the buyers.
"It was alleged in the complaint that despite making all the payments in full and well in time, including conveyance deed charges and one year advance maintenance charges, the builder has not executed any conveyance deed, instead they are demanding VAT amounting to Rs 4,71,720," Satyaprakash said in a statement issued here.