ORDER

The present Consumer Complaint has been filed under Sections 21, 2(c) read with Section 12(1)(c) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (for short “the Act”) by the Complainants, in the representative capacity, agitating their joint personal as well as collective grievance of about 600 buyers, against the Opposite Party, M/s. Vardhman Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Builder’) for the inordinate delay in handing over possession of the Flats booked by them in the Project launched by the Builder in the name and style of “Vardhman Springdale, Daruhera (VSD)”. Since the interest of the Complainants and other flat buyers in the aforesaid project is the same and identical reliefs have been claimed on behalf of all the Complainants, IA No. 4886 / 2017, an Application under Section 12(1)(c) of the Act has also been filed with the Complaint to treat the Complaint as a class-action Complaint. Vide Order dated 1st Nov. 2017, IA No. 4886/2017 was allowed and the Complaint was treated as filed under Section 12(1)(c) of the Act.

2. According to the Complainants, the facts of the case are that the Opposite Party Builder launched a residential Project ‘Vardhman’s Springdale