Mohali, June 9 -- Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) rejected Omaxe Chandigarh Extension Developers Pvt Ltd's claim that the Covid-19 pandemic caused delays in handing over a residential unit in New Chandigarh and has ordered the developer to pay more than Rs.56 lakh in interest to an SBI deputy manager who booked the property in 2015.

RERA Member Binod Kumar Singh passed the order while deciding a complaint filed by Ashok Kumar Bansal of Sangrur against Omaxe Chandigarh Extension Developers Pvt Ltd. Advocate Mohammad Shahnawaz Khan appeared for the complainant.

Bansal had booked a 3-BHK penthouse in Omaxe's "The Lake" project at New Chandigarh in 2015 and paid Rs.74.50 lakh for the unit. Under the allotment agreement dated ...