ORDER

Subhash Chandra, Presiding Member—This complaint is filed under section 21 (a) (i) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter ‘Act’) alleging deficiency in service and unfair trade practice by M/s Sahara Prime City Limited, Kapoorthala Complex, Aliganj, Lucknow, the opposite party, in respect of an independent semi-detached house booked by the complainants in project ‘Sahara Prime City’, Hardoi Road, Lucknow (in short ‘the project’) promoted and developed by the opposite party.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the complainant had booked an independent, semi-detached house (hereinafter, the ‘Unit’) with the opposite party in the project on 29.07.2011 by paying a booking amount of Rs.5.29.594/-. As per letter dated 29.07.2011 issued by the opposite party, Unit no. S4/12A (Unit Code 061) with unit area 292.81 sq m and plot area of 278.90 sq m was allotted to the complainant at a sale consideration of Rs.99,50,000/-. Possession of the said unit was promised as per payment plan extending to 18 months in this letter, i.e., by 12.05.2013. On 30.07.2011, the opposite party issued a letter that a discount against cash down payment of Rs 5,37,300/- had been extended to th