Paras Downtown Square, Zirakpur directed to pay Rs 2 lakh to showroom owner

Chandigarh, December 9
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Punjab, has penalised the Paras Downtown Square in Zirakpur for discontinuing the payment of assured return to the complainant against the agreement reached between the two sides.
The opposite party (including various officials of the mall) has been directed to deliver the actual physical possession of the premises to the complainant and pay Rs 2,00,000 to the complainant for causing physical and mental harassment and adopting an unfair trade practice.
The complainant, Gurbir Singh, a resident of Mohali, alleged that he was “allured by the opposite parties to invest money and therefore, agreed to purchase a shop in Paras Downtown Square, Zirakpur, for self-employment. He paid the entire amount of Rs 79,84,200 as per the buyer agreement.”
“The opposite parties were bound to pay the assured return of Rs 1,35,446 per month to the complainant which was paid from September, 2008 to March, 2010 but thereafter, they stopped paying the same. The opposite parties also refused to deliver the possession of the shop premises to the complainant,” read the copy of the judgement.
The Commission directed the opposite parties to pay the entire amount due from the complainant as arrears of assured income along with interest at the rate of per cent per annum. The opposite parties have also been directed to pay Rs 25,000 towards cost of litigation.