GHAZIABAD: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) has instructed the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) to formally register a residential property booked 36 years ago.
Kunti Yadav booked a four-bedroom deluxe apartment in Kaushambi Phase III on October 27, 1989. However, GDA withheld the registration, citing pending payments. Despite this, Yadav took possession of the flat in Govardhan Apartment in 1994 and has been residing there since.
On July 29, DCDRC President Praveen Kumar Jain and members Shailja Sachan and RP Singh ruled that GDA must dismiss all demand notices and register the property in the owner’s name within 45 days of the judgment. They also ordered GDA to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation for mental distress and litigation costs.
Yadav filed a complaint with the commission on November 9, 2010, challenging a demand of Rs 1.8 lakh raised by GDA years later when she sought registration of her flat.
She explained to the commission, “I paid four installments of Rs 1.45 lakh each and completed my payments by February 25, 1992, in line with the payment schedule provided with the reservation letter.”
The commission referenced a Supreme Court ruling, Shakumburi Devi vs GDA, dated March 31, 2015, stating, “Based on the Supreme Court’s legal order, we conclude that the GDA must cancel the demand letters issued on September 23, 2008, January 2, 2010, and January 18, 2010, and proceed with executing the registration deed in the complainant’s favor.”
