Commission orders to attach DLF office in Chandigarh

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 18

Taking non-compliance of the order seriously, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, UT, has issued directions to the Deputy Commissioner of Chandigarh to attach the office of M/S DLF Homes Panchkula Private Limited, SCO number 190-191, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh, and appoint a receiver who will prepare an inventory of all articles lying in the office and take these into possession forthwith and submit the compliance report at the earliest.

The Commission said the recovery of decretal amount be treated as land revenue and be recovered from the judgment debtors. The Commission has also said that the presence of Rajeev Singh, Additional Director, and Vishal Gupta, Director, M/S DLF Homes Panchkula Private Limited, be secured through bailable warrants of arrest in the sum of Rs50,000 each with one surety each in the like amount for the next date of hearing.

Directions are issued to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurgaon, Haryana, for due execution of warrants of arrest and reports be submitted by the officer on or before the next date of hearing. Directions are issued to the officer to deploy a police official to execute the bailable warrants of arrest not below the rank of the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).

The Commission has issued the order on an execution petition filed by a consumer, Ravi Kumar, through counsel Narender Yadav. The execution application was filed under Section 72 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, for the enforcement of the order passed by the Commission on March 3, 2021.

While allowing the complaint of Ravi Kumar, the Commission has directed the respondent to refund an amount of Rs45,00,847 to the complainant, along with interest @ 12 per cent per annum from the respective date of transfer of the unit. Failing which, the amount of Rs45,00,847 would carry penal interest from the date of passing of this order till realisation.

The Commission has further directed the consumer to pay a compensation of Rs50,000 for causing mental agony, harassment and cost of litigation. The Commission, comprising of Justice Raj Shekhar Attri, president, and Padma Pandey and Rajesh K Arya, members, said the judgment debtors had totally failed to comply with the order under execution within the stipulated period or till date. Accordingly, this execution application was treated as a complaint and it be tried as a summons case. The Commission said the prima facie case was made out to summon the judgment debtors to face trial for the offence punishable under Section 27 of the Act.

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