Mohali, Oct. 14 -- The Mohali consumer commission has directed the Ludhiana Improvement Trust to transfer a 400-square-yard plot to the buyer within 30 days, a process which had been stalled despite repeated requests, and pay Rs.1 lakh in compensation for the delay.

The commission, comprising president SK Aggarwal and member Paramjeet Kaur, partly allowed the complaint filed by Gurmukh Singh, who had applied for the transfer of the plot at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Ludhiana, in his name in 2000 after purchasing it from the original allottee, Jasbir Singh Chahal.

The commission noted that the special secretary, local government, Punjab, had directed the trust on March 9, 2017, to transfer the plot and submit a report. The trust, howeve...