Chandigarh, Nov. 28 -- Termed guilty of deficiency in service as well as unfair trade practice, a real estate developer has been directed to refund a Rs.18.9-lakh deposit to a Chandigarh-based couple for not delivering a commercial unit on time.

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has also directed WTC Chandigarh Development Co Pvt to pay Rs.30,000 as compensation to the complainants, Shree Bhagwan Jindal and Madhu Jindal.

The couple, Shree Bhagwan Jindal and Madhu Jindal, residents of Sector 42, had approached the commission, pleading that they had entered into an agreement with the firm to buy a commercial unit at Aerocity, Mohali.

The total sale price was Rs.37.53 lakh, of which they paid Rs.18.9 lakh while the rest ...