JUDGMENT/ORDER :

V. K. Jain, Presiding Member - The complainant/respondent booked a residential flat with the petitioner depositing a registration amount of Rs. 5,000/- in the year 1985. The case of the petitioner is that vide letter dated 03.09.1993, a residential flat was reserved for the complainant and he was required to deposit three installments, two of Rs. 15,000/- each and the third of Rs. 10,000/-. The case of the complainant is that the aforesaid letter dated 03.09.1993 was never received by him. According to the petitioner, they also sent another letter dated 15.04.1999 to the complainant, requiring him to furnish the proof of the deposit of the aforesaid three installments. According to the complainant, even the letter dated 15.04.1999 was never received by him.

2. The complainant visited the office of the petitioner on 03.05.1999 and submitted a written letter stating therein that on visiting the office of the petitioner, he had come to know about the aforesaid demand. He sought one and a half months' time to deposit the said amount. No specific letter was sent to the complainant acceding to the aforesaid request but a letter dated 26.07.1999 is alleged to have been sen