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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Bengaluru elderly man's 9-year wait for 1BHK flat turns into legal win: BDA ordered to refund over Rs 8 lakh with 18% interest
The IV Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to refund Rs 8.03 lakh to a 70-year-old man from Marathahalli, who waited nearly nine years for a flat promised under the EWS (Economically Weaker Sections) housing scheme. The flat was supposed to be delivered in just one year. What the Court Said On March 21, 2025, the Commission ruled that BDA must: Refund Rs 8.03 lakh with 18% interest from the date of the first payment, Pay Rs 1 lakh for service deficiency, Rs 25,000 for mental agony, And Rs 10,000 towards litigation costs. How It Began Suryaprakash H R booked a 1BHK flat at Gunjur village on March 7, 2014, paying Rs 1.12 lakh as an initial amount. Later, he was asked to pay the remaining Rs 7.87 lakh within six months. To manage this, he took a housing loan of Rs 8 lakh, which was released to BDA in four instalments. However, BDA did not provide a registration date or respond to his repeated follow-ups. At one point, officials even said they couldn't trace his file. Construction Delayed, Site Half-Done In 2016, when Suryaprakash visited the site, he found only two floors built. A letter from BDA later confirmed that the contractor, Deepak Cable India Ltd., failed to finish the work and the contract was re-tendered. Live Events Despite hunger strikes and multiple appeals to the Chief Minister and Deputy CM, there was no progress. Frustrated, Suryaprakash sent a legal notice in 2023 and filed a complaint in 2024. BDA's Defence Dismissed BDA argued in court that possession was denied due to Rs 1.16 lakh pending. But the court found that Suryaprakash had already paid 95% of the flat's cost by 2015. It also noted the flat was unfit to live in due to lack of basic amenities like drainage and parking. The court called BDA's excuse unjustified and ruled in favour of the senior citizen. Inputs from TOI
Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Long wait! 70-year-old files plaint over 9-year delay for 1BHK Bengaluru flat, wins Rs 8 lakh refund
BENGALURU: The IV Addl District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to refund Rs 8.03 lakh, with 18% interest, to a Marathahalli resident here, who waited for nine years for possession of a flat that BDA had promised to deliver in a year's time. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now On March 21, 2025, the Commission ordered BDA to refund Rs 8.03 lakh, along with an interest of 18% from the date the first payment was made, Rs 1 lakh for service deficiency, Rs 25,000 for mental agony, and another Rs 10,000 in litigation costs. The complainant, Suryaprakash H R, 70, had booked a 1BHK flat at Gunjur village under the housing scheme for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) on March 7, 2014, making an initial payment of Rs 1.12 lakh. According to Suryaprakash, BDA had allotted him a 1BHK flat in Gunjur through draw of lots, and on December 3, 2014, he was told to pay the remaining amount of Rs 7.87 lakh within six months. To fulfil this, Suryaprakash took out a housing loan of Rs 8 lakh, which was released to BDA in four instalments. However, thereafter, BDA neither issued a firm date for registration, nor did it respond to the complainant's repeated inquiries. Worse still, the allotment-related file could not be traced at the BDA office by its officials. Construction halted midway When Suryaprakash visited the project site in 2016, he found only the first and second floors had been built, with no further progress. On December 22, 2016, he wrote to the chief minister, who in turn directed the BDA commissioner to act. A letter from BDA's chief engineer confirmed that construction had been entrusted to Deepak Cable India Ltd., Tired of too many ads? go ad free now but due to non-completion, the contract was cancelled and re-tendered. As the delays dragged on, Suryaprakash and other EWS allottees staged a hunger strike in front of the Gunjur BDA project. On January 5, 2019, they submitted a joint representation to BDA and again approached the CM on June 15, 2019. The CMO yet again forwarded the complaint to the BDA commissioner, but work remained incomplete. Frustrated with his runs from pillar to post, on Jan 28, 2023, Suryaprakash issued a legal notice to BDA, followed by a representation to the deputy CM on October 26, 2023. The BDA deputy secretary replied on April 3, 2024, acknowledging receipt of Rs 4.73 lakh, but alleging that Rs 3.13 lakh was due. Suryaprakash countered the claim, saying he had already paid 95% of the sale amount. On June 13, 2024, he finally filed a consumer complaint, seeking a full refund. Unjustified act The BDA's legal counsel contested the claim, saying Rs 1.16 lakh was still due, and that possession was withheld because of that. The Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission observed that the elderly complainant was a valid allottee who had paid 95% of the flat cost by August 2015. Rejecting BDA's claim that possession was withheld due to the pending amount, the consumer court observed that it did not justify the delay, and ruled that BDA had failed to provide proper civic amenities, parking facility, and sanitary connections at the Gunjur project, making the residential units uninhabitable.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Consumer court orders BDA to refund Rs 8 lakh for delay in handing over flat
Bengaluru: The IV Addl District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to refund Rs 8.03 lakh, with 18% interest, to a Marathahalli resident here, who waited for nine years for possession of a flat that BDA had promised to deliver in a year's time. On March 21, 2025, the Commission ordered BDA to refund Rs 8.03 lakh, along with an interest of 18% from the date the first payment was made, Rs 1 lakh for service deficiency, Rs 25,000 for mental agony, and another Rs 10,000 in litigation costs. The complainant, Suryaprakash H R, 70, had booked a 1BHK flat at Gunjur village under the housing scheme for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) on March 7, 2014, making an initial payment of Rs 1.12 lakh. According to Suryaprakash, BDA had allotted him a 1BHK flat in Gunjur through draw of lots, and On December 3, 2014, he was told to pay the remaining amount of Rs 7.87 lakh within six months. To fulfil this, Suryaprakash took out a housing loan of Rs 8 lakh, which was released to BDA in four instalments. However, thereafter, BDA neither issued a firm date for registration, nor did it respond to the complainant's repeated inquiries. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 임플란트, 지금 시작하세요 [자세히 보기] 임플란트 더 알아보기 Undo Worse still, the allotment-related file could not be traced at the BDA office by its officials. Construction halted midway When Suryaprakash visited the project site in 2016, he found only the first and second floors had been built, with no further progress. On December 22, 2016, he wrote to the chief minister, who in turn directed the BDA commissioner to act. A letter from BDA's chief engineer confirmed that construction had been entrusted to Deepak Cable India Ltd., but due to non-completion, the contract was cancelled and re-tendered. As the delays dragged on, Suryaprakash and other EWS allottees staged a hunger strike in front of the Gunjur BDA project. On January 5, 2019, they submitted a joint representation to BDA and again approached the CM on June 15, 2019. The CMO yet again forwarded the complaint to the BDA commissioner, but work remained incomplete. Frustrated with his runs from pillar to post, on Jan 28, 2023, Suryaprakash issued a legal notice to BDA, followed by a representation to the deputy CM on October 26, 2023. The BDA deputy secretary replied on April 3, 2024, acknowledging receipt of Rs 4.73 lakh, but alleging that Rs 3.13 lakh was due. Suryaprakash countered the claim, saying he had already paid 95% of the sale amount. On June 13, 2024, he finally filed a consumer complaint, seeking a full refund. Unjustified act The BDA's legal counsel contested the claim, saying Rs 1.16 lakh was still due, and that possession was withheld because of that. The Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission observed that the elderly complainant was a valid allottee who had paid 95% of the flat cost by August 2015. Rejecting BDA's claim that possession was withheld due to the pending amount, the consumer court observed that it did not justify the delay, and ruled that BDA had failed to provide proper civic amenities, parking facility, and sanitary connections at the Gunjur project, making the residential units uninhabitable.
United News of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- United News of India
Congress always betrayed, suppressed OBCs: BJP on fresh caste census in Karnataka
New Delhi, June 16 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticised the Congress party for suppressing the rights of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) following Karnataka government's decision to scrap an earlier caste survey and conduct a fresh one, which involved a public expenditure of over Rs 165 crore. Addressing a press conference here, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav alleged Congress has historically betrayed the OBC community by ignoring recommendations of commissions like the Kaka Kalelkar and Mandal Commissions aimed to empower the OBCs community. "The OBC community has always been betrayed by the Congress. If the Congress had genuine intent, it would have formed a new commission after scrapping the Kaka Kalelkar Commission on empowering the OBCs ... Instead, they dismissed the commission's report and continued to rule... 'Later, when the Mandal Commission was constituted and the Supreme Court upheld its legality, the Congress worked to weaken the OBC Commission,' Yadav said at a press conference here. He also pointed out internal contradictions in the Congress, noting that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the survey decision was directed by Congress leadership, not the state government, likening this to previous interventions by Sonia Gandhi-led bodies during the UPA regime. 'Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the decision for a new caste survey was not his government's but the Congress leadership's. Such an intervention of the party in the government's decision-making? Is there interference from Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council which played a key role in the UPA government. There should be an accountability about the public expenditure...,' he said. The BJP's criticism of the Congress over the OBC caste survey in Karnataka also comes on the same day that the central government issued a notification for the 16th Caste Census, scheduled for 2027. Yadav credited the BJP government for initiatives benefiting OBCs, including granting constitutional status to the OBC Commission and introducing reservations for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). He praised PM Modi's welfare schemes for lifting millions out of poverty. He said, "It was the BJP government that granted reservation to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). Congress has never stood with the poor, OBCs, or SC/ST communities. Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, calls Karnataka an ideal state — but the timing and internal contradictions of their stance show that social justice is merely a showpiece for Congress, not a genuine commitment. Misleading the OBC community has been Congress' policy; delivering justice to them has never been their intent..." "We thank our PM for addressing the long-standing issue of reservations in admissions to central schools... Through his economic welfare schemes, crores of people have been lifted out of poverty," said the senior BJP leader. Responding to Congress' demand to adopt the Telangana census model for caste data, Yadav took a jab at the Opposition, remarking, 'If that's the case, then why haven't they are not implementing the Telangana model in Karnataka, where they are in power?' UNI AJ SS
India Today
13-06-2025
- Politics
- India Today
MK Stalin seeks rehabilitation for families after Delhi's Madrasi Camp razing
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, expressing concern over the 'humanitarian crisis' following the demolition of the Madrasi Camp in Jangpura on June 1. The demolition displaced around 370 families of Tamil origin who had been residing in the area for Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP TR Baalu personally handed over the letter to the Delhi Chief Minister on 189 families have been allotted flats under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) housing scheme in Narela, Chief Minister Stalin stated that these accommodations lack basic infrastructure and remain unfit for living. He also flagged the absence of arrangements for over 150 Tamil-medium students, despite court directions to ensure continuity of further highlighted the lack of transportation facilities to the workplaces of many of the relocated residents, which are situated nearly 20 km from Narela. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister urged the Delhi government to ensure dignified rehabilitation and take steps to restore the livelihoods of the affected Delhi High Court had earlier declared the 'Madarasi camp' located in South Delhi along the bank of the Barapullah Jangpura drain, near Nizamuddin Railway Station as 'illegal'. The Tamil Nadu government said that it would assist affected residents in returning to their native districts in Tamil Nadu, if they choose to do IN THIS STORY#Tamil Nadu
