Silver City Housing and Infrastructure Ltd. told to refund Rs 15.72 lakh

Chandigarh, December 5
The District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum-I has directed Silver City Housing and Infrastructure Ltd to refund Rs 15,72,000 along with 18 per cent interest per annum from respective dates of deposit till realisation.

Forum president PD Goel and members Rajinder Singh Gill and Madanjit Kaur Sahota also directed the respondents to pay Rs 10,000 as cost of litigation to the complainant, Onkar Chand, a resident of Sector 7 in Panchkula. The complainant submitted that he had purchased a flat in Silver City Themes in Bankarpur near Dera Bassi from Anuradha Sahni, who also deposited a transfer fee of Rs 17,270 with the opposite party. The party also issued mortgage permission for the purpose of availing loan from a bank. The complainant said Rs 15.72 lakh was deposited with the party, which promised to give the possession of the apartment after the receipt of the full payment and the construction would be completed by July 31, 2007.

The complainant said the payment plan was revised and he was directed to pay an outstanding amount of Rs 13,52,500. As there was uncertainty regarding the completion of the flats, he paid only one instalment of Rs 3,04,500 on November 15, 2009.

Traffic violators still pay fines in district court

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 5
The district traffic police is still directing the offenders to pay their fines in the district court instead of the District Transport Office (DTO), in violation of the government’s orders.

Prem Singh Saini, DTO, expressed his helplessness over the issue and said he had written to the police several times, but it had yet to respond.

RS Khatra, SSP, said he had not received any communication from the DTO in this regard. He said he would look into the matter and sorted it out at the earliest.