Builder constructs illegal flat on car parking area and sells it
The Maharashtra State Consumer Commission has ordered Shreekrishna Developers – a builder to pay to a buyer – the complainant Rs 26 lakh, the 2012 (year of filing the complaint) value of a 525 sq feet flat in the vicinity. The buyer who had taken possession of the flat in 2005 after buying it for Rs 4.95 lakh, realized that anomaly after the society refused to induct him as a member.
“From perusal of the occupancy certificate, it is seen that after getting the occupancy certificate from the corporation, the opponent (Shreekrishna Developers) has constructed the flat without the sanction of the municipal corporation. Thus, there is a clear-cut deficiency in service on the part of the opponent who also adopted unfair trade practice by carrying out the unauthorized construction and allotting the same to the complainant,“ the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission said.
The spot where the flat was constructed was to be used for parking. The space will now be handed back to the society .
The complaint was filed by flat purchaser Sunil Gade in 2012. Gade told the commission that after receiving a negative response from the society about his membership, he approached the builder. When he got no response from the builder, he issued a notice through an advocate in November 2011and requested the builder to regularise the flat from the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) at its costs. Gade however, received a reply with the remark “not claimed“. In the commission, the builder submitted that Gade himself had chosen to stay on the ground floor. It contended that as the flat was constructed on Gade’s request and the possession had already been handed over, there was no deficiency in service.
The builder further stated that if Gade did not want to continue living in the flat, he could take back his entire payment along with interest and surrender the flat.
The full decision dt. 4 October 2016 is available at the following link:
file:///C:/Users/Eleena/Downloads/judgement2016-10-04.pdf
