ORDER

MS. JUSTICE DEEPA SHARMA, PRESIDENT (OFFICIATING)

This order shall dispose of First Appeal No.980 of 2022 filed by the Opposite Party, i.e., Suncity Projects Private Limited (hereinafter referred as “the Appellant”) and First Appeal No.1024 of 2022 filed by Lt. Col. Brijesh Kumar Singh (hereinafter referred as (“the Complainant”).  Both these Appeals have arisen out of the order dated 28.10.2022 of the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (for short “the State Commission”) in Complaint No.216 of 2021 whereby the Complaint had been allowed and the Appellant was directed to refund the deposited amount of ₹4,06,250/- along with interest @ 12% p.a. and a sum of ₹3 Lakhs towards mental agony and harassment along with litigation costs of ₹50,000/-.  The Complainant has filed the Appeal seeking enhancement of rate of interest while the Appellant has filed the Appeal challenging the impugned order on several grounds.

2.      A Review Application had also been filed by the Complainant before the State Commission for review of the order dated 28.01.2022.  However, the Review Application was dismissed.

3.      The brief facts of the case as made out by the Complainant were tha