By the impugned order the Commission has affirmed the order passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Orissa, awarding interest to the companyplainant at the rate of 12 per annum from 26th October, 1995 to 6th April, 1999 on account of failure on the part of the appellant to develop the land and deliver possession of the plot to the companyplainant respondent.
This appeal, by special leave, is directed against order dated 16th March, 2002, passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi hereinafter referred to as the National Commission in Revision Petition No.1468 of 2001.
In its order dated 11th May, 2000, the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, for short the District Forum recorded a specific finding that the appellant herein had abandoned the development work and thus there was deficiency in service by them.
As numbered earlier, the State Commission, while affirming the order passed by the District Forum reduced the interest from 16 to 12 per annum.
4/ It is manifest from the orders passed by the District Forum as well as the State Commission that undoubtedly there was deficiency in service by the appellant Society inasmuch as it has failed to develop the land for which it had accepted money from its members including the respondent.
It has been numbered that the companyplainant had deposited an amount of Rs.1,03,215/ but the possession of the plot, for which the said amount had been paid, was number delivered to him.
3/ Thus the short question that survives for companysideration in this appeal is whether all the three Fora were justified in awarding interest to the companyplainant on account of number development and number delivery of the plots.
Having carefully gone through the orders passed by the three Fora, we are of the opinion that there is numbermerit in the present appeal.
The said order of the State Commission is maintained by the National Commission.
2/ Despite service, numberone appears for the respondent.
