Mumbai: MahaRERA directs ace builder to pay interest to homebuyers for delayed possession
Nirmal Lifestyle also ordered to pay additional Rs 20,000 as cost of complaints
Mumbai: In a major relief to the homebuyers, the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has directed a builder to pay interest on amount received from them over the delayed possession of flats. In addition, it has ordered to pay additional Rs 20,000 each to complainants as cost of complaints.
The matter is about seven hombuyers who purchased flats in Zircon Building at Mulund, a project by Nirmal Lifestyle Ltd. The homebuyers filed complaint in MahaRERA seeking interest on the amount they paid as a compensation for the delay in possession of the project under Section 18 of RERA Act. The complainants were represented by Godfrey Pimenta.
MahaRERA Asks Nirmal Lifestyle To Pay 9% Interest Since 2006 to Homebuyer for Delayed Possession
Moneylife Digital Team
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Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) recently passed an order directing a developer to pay interest since September 2006 (when the project ought to have been completed) on the total amount paid by a home-buyer for a flat in a high-rise at Kurla for failure to mention the date of possession in a 2003 agreement for sale.
The developer, Nirmal Lifestyle Ltd, has been ordered to pay simple interest at 9% per annum for the past 14 years.
The order says that interest has to be paid on the total consideration of about Rs28.13 lakh that was paid from 2006 till the date of handing over of possession. The developer was represented by advocate Atharva Dandekar and advocate Vaishali Mohite, who said that the apartment would be completed by December 2021.
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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRera) recently directed a builder to pay interest for the past 14 years on the amount paid by a buyer for a flat in a high-rise in Kurla for failure to mention the date of possession in a 2003 agreement for sale.
The builder, Nirmal Lifestyle Ltd, has to pay simple interest at 9% per annum since September 2006, when the project ought to have been completed, said MahaRera in its order on December 17.
The interest has to be paid on the about Rs 28 lakh that was paid, and till the handing over of possession, directed MahaRera. The builder said the flat would be completed by December this year and MahaRera directed that possession should be given by then and no later than that.