The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has been directed by the State consumer commission to pay Rsthree lakh as compensation to an allottee for not rectifying the defects in a flat allotted to him in 1996.
The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission also pulled up the DDA for the "callous and inapt attitude" of its officers for not making the flat habitable due to which the allottee had to reside in a rented house for the past 17 years.
"The Complainant could not take possession of the flat in question on account of the callous and inapt attitude of the DDA officers leading the complainant to reside in a rented house. The complainant is deprived of possession of the house from February 1, 1996 and till today the property in question has not been made habitable by the callous attitude of DDA," a bench comprising members Salma Noor and VK Gupta said.
The commission also directed DDA to pay Rs three lakh as compensation to the allottee, Delhi resident Pramod Pal Singh was allotted the accommodation in February 1996 in Rohini.