JUDGMENT

1. Heard Sri Anubhav Singh learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and Sri Anil Tiwari learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Waseem Masood for respondent no. 2.

2. This bunch of writ petitions have been filed for quashing of the orders passed by respondent no. 2 namely the U.P. Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Gautam Budh Nagar, whereby the petitioners (promoters) had been directed to refund the amount deposited by the allottees alongwith interest. Sole ground pressed to challenge the orders impugned is that single member of the Authority had no jurisdiction to decide the complaint of the respondents/allottees and, as such, the order is illegal being coram non judice.

3. It is vehemently argued by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the Authority as conceptualised under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (In short as “the RERA Act, 2016”) is the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (In Short as “the RERA or the Authority”), established and incorporated under Section 20 of the RERA Act, 2016 by

the appropriate Government.

The constitution/composition of the Authority is provided under Section 21 of the RERA Act, 2016 which states that the Autho