Mohali, June 4 -- The Mohali District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed ATS Estates Pvt Ltd and Dynamic Coloniser Pvt Ltd to pay Rs.1.25 lakh compensation to a Zirakpur couple after finding that the builder failed to provide basic amenities at its ATS Golf Meadows-IV Extension project while continuing to raise maintenance charges.

The commission, comprising president SK Aggarwal and members Paramjeet Kaur and Lt Col Jasbir Singh Bath, quashed a demand of Rs.29,409 raised towards common area maintenance (CAM) charges and held the builder guilty of deficiency in service.

Complainants Manpreet Saini, wife of Vikram Saini, had purchased a 150-square-yard residential plot in the project in July 2014 for Rs.25.5 lakh. They t...