G. Balagangadharan Nair, President— The complainant is a Supervisor in the Madura Coats, Koratty. In 1982, he applied for allotment of a plot of land for construction of a house in the Chalakudy Housing Accommodation Scheme of the Kerala State Housing Board. The application was registered and in terms of the scheme he remitted Rs. 3,000/-. It was duly processed and on 16.4.1988 an agreement for the sale of a plot was entered into between the complainant and the Housing Board. The complainant was all this while remitting the instalments of the purchase money under the scheme of allotment. Ultimately on March, 30th 1990 the complainant was put in possession of a plot of land for construction of the house. The complainant now claims compensation of Rs. 1,50,000/- from the Housing Board. He alleges that the prospectus issued by the Housing Board had offered to hand over the plots before the expiry of 3 years, at the latest, but as it happened it was only after seven years and four months that the plot was given to the complainant. Under the agreement of 16.4.1988 possession of the plot should have been given on that date itself; however it was done only one year and eleven months