JUDGMENT

Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, J. (Oral)

1. This petition filed under Article 277 of the Constitution of the India impugns the order dated 16.09.2021 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (`NCDRC') in Execution Application No. 99/2020 titled as "Amit Agarwal v. Shree Vardhman Infrahome Pvt. Ltd." and other connected matters, whereby the NCDRC directed the Petitioner herein to deposit his passport with the Registry of the NCDRC.

2. None appears on behalf of the Petitioner.

3. The learned counsel for the Respondents states that the Respondents herein are home buyers. She states that the impugned order dated 16.09.2021 was passed in execution proceedings. She states that in compliance with the interim relief granted by this Court on 25.08.2022, the Petitioner herein had duly travelled overseas and has thereafter on his return deposited the passport with NCDRC.

3.1. She states that on 26.07.2023, the Petitioner herein has filed a substantive application before NCDRC for seeking a direction for permanent release of his passport.

3.2. She states that the matter was argued and orders have been reserved on the said application. She states that since the Pet