Mohali, Oct. 5 -- The consumer commission directed two developers to hand over a 400-sq-yard industrial plot in Sector 66-A, after retaining Rs.17 lakh paid by three buyers for more than a decade. The commission also ordered the developers to pay 9% annual interest on the deposited amount from May 1, 2015, until possession and Rs.50,000 as compensation and litigation expenses.

The order was passed, following a complaint filed by three retired government employees who said they had booked the plot to start an IT office and earn their livelihood through self-employment.

The complainants had applied for the plot in July 2009 and paid Rs.1.9 lakh. Sukhm Infrastructure later allotted them the 400-sq-yard plot in Yellowstone Landmark Infocity...