Flat owners now free from extra burden in government’s housing scheme: Apex court

By Accommodation Times (www.accommodationtimes.com)

NEW DELHI:
Recently, Supreme Court has ordered that civic body is no longer to liable to ask additional charges from allottees of flats who have got under the government’s scheme after the expiry of the specified time provided in an agreement.
However, Haryana government has put the plea which has been rejected by the court, which says that civic body is no longer liable to ask additional cost even after the expiry of the time limit of 7 years provided in the hire purchase tenancy agreement between the allottees and the state housing board.
According to the authorities the cost of construction houses at Sonepat a district in Haryana Sonpat under the scheme had gone up on account of the enhanced recompense payable to the landowners which was awarded by the proficient court.
The civic body has said that “landowners demanded for higher recompense within in the specific time frame, whereas it is not in the hands of state government, so, the specified time limit of 7 years cannot be a ground to relieve allottees of their obligation to share the burden of the extra charges.”
The division bench of justices comprising GS Singhvi and Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya in its judgement said that “In view of the bar contained in clause 2(w) of the Hire Purchase Tenancy Agreement, the Board ( Haryana Housing Board) could not revise the price after 7 years of the allotment of tenement, irrespective of the justification for such revision.”