Buyers move two forums,MahaRERA rejects pleas

PUNE:The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has dismissed complaints registered by consumers here and Mumbai for approaching other forums.

Last week, the authority dismissed the plea of a complainant here as he had approached another forum. In another case, MahaRERA , a buyer Rs 10,000 for complaining against a developer despite getting an a civil court order against the builder.

“Complainants should ensure that they do not approach any other forum,’’a MahaRERA official said. If a complainant wishes to withdraw a complaint from the consumer forum, he can do so with MahaRERA under section 71 and file a case with the adjudicating officer.

In Pune, the buyer had complained against the developer for possession delay. He had said the developer was supposed to hand over the apartment by April 2012 and revised the project completion date to December 2020.

During the hearing, the developer’s advocate said the plaintiff had filed a complaint on the issue with the state consumer dispute redressal commission and an order directed the parties to maintain a status quo. “We ordered that if a case or a complaint is already pending in a commission, the grievance filed with MahaRERA will not be tenable and shall stand dismissed,” the official said.

MahaRERA had rejected complaints filed by six home buyers against Terrain Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd on the ground that they did not disclose that they had filed similar complaints before the Bombay High Court. “The complaint filed with MahaRERA is not maintainable and is therefore dismissed,” stated the order of the adjudicating officer.

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Three years on, NBCC home buyers await flat documents

GURGAON: Homebuyers of NBCC Heights housing society in Sector 89 are planning to boycott a meeting called by the developer next week.

The buyers, mostly central government employees, allege it is a plot to pacify them as the builder has minimised the balcony size of the flats and used substandard material for windows and doors. They have also been raising voice over the continued non-allotment of the papers of their flats for the past three years. NBCC Heights is a residential apartment project that began in 2011, initially exclusively for central government employees. 

The realtor is none other than National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), a public sector company.Over 100 buyers from Gurgaon, Delhi and different parts of country had come to the city last month to meet the officials of NBCC and deliberate on the matter. “The meeting ended inconclusively and we weren’t satisfied This time we may not even attend the meeting,” a buyer told TOI. “I received a letter calling for a luncheon meeting on December 24. We suspect this is meant for pacifying us. But we won’t be agreeing to them this time around,” Pramod Kumar Juneja, a buyer, told TOI.

Residents had protested against the company last month as well alleging it had deferred the payment of instalments for two years and then suddenly in October 2017, issued notice to pay the remaining instalment within one month failing which 12% interest would be levied on buyers.

Buyers also alleged that the project had only 15 sq ft of swimming pool. “We are going to be over 400 families living there and the pool is so small that it will get crammed by only by half-a-dozen people. It is not a pool it is an eye wash.” Ranbir Singh Redhu, another buyer, said.

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Pune builder Darode Jog in trouble for defaulting on fixed deposit repayments

Prominent Pune builder Darode Jog in trouble for defaulting on fixed deposit repayments

After DSK Group, yet another prominent developer from the city is walking a tightrope. Several home buyers and investors in Darode Jog Properties have been crying foul in recent times. While home buyers are ruing delayed possessions or cancellations, those who have invested by way of fixed deposits are alleging that the developers have defaulted on interest and principal.

Darode Jog is a three-decade-old construction company started by Sudhir Darode and Anand Jog. They have completed 70-odd projects so far in the city and have a dozen ongoing ones. The firm was recently embroiled in another controversy for not completing the handover of flats in a residential project in Model Colony. A complaint was filed against the founders at Deccan police station in December.

In the current case, buyers and investors have taken around 50 cases of cheque-bouncing and non-payment of interest to court. With time, sources reveal that at least a few dozen more cases are on the verge of being filed. The Pune civil court recently ordered that the developer must repay Rs 2 lakh along with interest to the investor. The case had been filed by Meenal Pangarkar, a resident of Kothrud, who had invested Rs 2 lakh with the developer.

Sources revealed that the developers had started a fixed deposit scheme under which they paid monthly interest or cumulative interest. Investors from both schemes are now wondering if they will ever see their money again.

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Ajnara Gen-X residents in Ghaziabad protest against builder

Alleging builder indifference in maintenance issues, residents of Ajnara Gen-X, a housing society in Crossings Republik, held a protest outside the builder’s office in Noida Sector 63 on Saturday.

The protesters complained that lack of maintenance in the society was increasing the risk of accidents. They alleged that the builder, Ajnara Group, was turning a blind eye to the shoddy security service, malfunctioning lifts and lack of adequate firefighting equipment in the society, despite the residents paying maintenance charges every month.

Shobhit Chitransh, a resident of Saffron Tower in Ajnara Gen-X, said: “We have been pursuing this matter for two years now, but nothing has happened so far. The builder keeps saying the changes will be done, but nothing really happens.”

Citing a recent incident of elevator malfunction, Chitransh said, “My wife and two-month-old daughter were stuck in a lift on the 15th floor on Friday. The lift suddenly stopped midway between the 15th and the 16th floors. My wife couldn’t raise an alarm as the lift did not have any alarm buttons. They were trapped for 15 minutes and were pulled out with a lot of difficulty. Two more such incidents also occurred recently, and those trapped had to be rescued by guards.”

Residents also said a woman was recently harassed in the society. “But when the CCTV cameras were scanned for a footage, it was found that they were not working. Is this what we deserve,” asked a resident on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, Sanjeev Verma, manager (technical), Ajnara Group, said: “The lifts are an external agency, and maintaining them is their responsibility. We have stationed technical and security teams at the society to take care of any lapses, and there is no such problem. Lifts break down sometimes, but they are repaired immediately.”

A spokesperson for the builder said, “We have outsourced the maintenance of the society to a third-party agency, and we don’t directly interfere with their work. But now we will push them to pull up their socks.” A meeting between representatives of the builder and residents is scheduled for Thursday

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