M. Shreesha, Presiding Member—Challenge in these Revision Petitions under Section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (in short, ‘the Act’) is to the common order dated 15.01.2016 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chhattisgarh, Raipur (in short, ‘the State Commission’), in First Appeal Nos.15/532–15/537, 15/539-15/439, 15/538 and 15/531, respectively, preferred by the Opposite Party. By the impugned order, the State Commission partly allowed the Appeals preferred by the Chhattisgarh Grih Nirman Project, setting aside the compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- awarded by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Durg (in short, “the District Forum”), while confirming the rest of the directions given by the Forum.

2. Since all these Revision Petitions deal with common facts, they are being disposed of by this common order. For the sake of convenience, RP No.1188/2016 is being taken as the lead case and the purchasers are hereinafter is referred to as the ‘Complainant’ and ‘Chhattisgarh Grih Nirman Project’, the residential scheme formulated by the Chhattisgarh House Construction Board, a statutory body constituted under M.P. GrihNirman Mandal Adhini