Mohali, Sept. 18 -- In June, the Supreme Court upheld a refund with 8% compounded interest for two buyers of Greater Mohali Area Development Authority's delayed Purab Premium Apartments project in Sector 88. The petitioners had paid Rs.51 lakh and Rs.42 lakh in 2012 after receiving a letter of intent, promising possession by May 2015. A decade later, the flats remain undelivered. While 1,620 units have been built, 227 remain vacant, and residents cite the lack of a sewage treatment facility, a fire safety no-objection certificate, and non-compliance with environmental norms.

A month earlier in May, the Punjab and Haryana high court came down heavily on developer Jarnail Singh Bajwa, the owner of Sunny Enclave in Kharar, for failing to pr...