Mohali, Aug. 8 -- The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mohali, has directed Address Infrastructure Private Limited to hand over a flat in its New Chandigarh housing project to a homebuyer after holding that the builder failed to deliver possession within the agreed timeline.

The commission also ordered the builder to pay Rs.3 lakh as compensation and interest on the amount deposited by the buyer for the period during which he had to arrange accommodation on his own.

The order stems from a complaint filed by Arvinder Arora of The Address Society in New Chandigarh. Arora said that he booked a 3BHK flat, under an agreement for sale dated June 11, 2022, for Rs.40.40 lakh, including GST. He paid Rs.32 lakh towards the sale co...