ORDER

Challenge in these First Appeal Nos. 1886 of 2018, 1887 of 2018, 1888 of 2018, 1889 of 2018 and 160 of 2019, filed under Section 19 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) by M/s. Arihant Shivank Infra Projects Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Opposite Party Builder”) is to the Orders dated 21.08.2018 and 20.11.2018 passed by the Rajasthan State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Jaipur (hereinafter to be referred to as the “State Commission”), in Complaint Nos. 03 / 2017, 20 / 2017, 21 / 2017, 22 / 2017 and 23 / 2017 whereby the Complaints were allowed and the Opposite Party Builder was directed to refund the deposited amount by the Complainants alongwith 18% interest from the date of deposit. The Opposite Party Builder was also directed to pay Rs.2 lakh towards compensation for mental agony and Rs.50,000/- towards cost of proceedings.

Since the facts and question of law involved in all these Appeals are similar except for minor variations in the flat number and dates and events, these Appeals are being disposed of by this common Order. However, for the sake of convenience, First Appeal No. 1886 of 2018 is treated as the lead