Mohali, April 27 -- Holding a Mohali-based developer liable for delay in handing over possession of a flat, the district consumer disputes redressal commission ordered it pay 9% annual interest on the deposited amount along with Rs.50,000 as compensation and litigation costs to the homebuyers.

The bench, comprising president SK Aggarwal, member Paramjeet Kaur and member Lt Col Jasbir Singh Bath, partly allowed the complaint against M/s Boparai Developers and its partners.

The complainants had booked a flat in the Fateh Homes project in Sector 127, Sante Majra, Kharar, in December 2018 for Rs.15 lakh, and were promised possession by August 30, 2019. The possession was, however, handed over only in May 2021 after the buyers agreed to an a...