Chandigarh, April 24 -- The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh, has directed Dreamcity Realtors Pvt. Ltd. and its directors to pay pending assured returns and a penalty of Rs.1.1 lakh to a buyer after holding them guilty of deficiency in service and unfair trade practice in connection with a real estate project.

The order was passed on April 16 by a bench comprising justice Raj Shekhar Attri, president of the commission, and member Preetinder Singh. The complaint was filed by Gurmeet Singh, a Jammu resident, who had booked a SOHO unit in the company's "Sushma Pristine" project in 2021 for Rs.52.72 lakh. A developer-buyer agreement executed on August 31, 2022, stated that possession of the unit would be delivered by ...