M.K. Basu, President— This appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 19.7.2004 passed by the Midnapore District Consumer Forum in Case No. 12 of 2003 under which the Forum allowed the complaint filed by Shri Pranatosh Goswami (Present Respondent) directing the OP, Shri Garmeet Singh (Present Appellant) to pay to the complainant a sum of Rs. 20,800 plus Rs. 84,525 together with interest @ 8 per cent from the date of receipt of the amount and further directing him to pay a sum of Rs. 50,000 to the complainant as compensation together with Litigation Cost of Rs. 5,000. It has been also directed that all such payments shall be made within the period of 30 days from the date of communication of this order. Being aggrieved by this judgment the OP, Shri Gurmeet Singh has preferred this Appeal challenging the said order as erroneous and illegal and paying for an order from this appellate Court for setting aside the same.

2. The case of the complainant, in short was as follows. He was an employee of the WBSEB and was posted at Panchkuri and he entered into a contract with the O.P. for purchase of a flat. The complainant booked a flat in the 3rd floor of the proposed buildi