Many of the builders promise to deliver the homes in time but fail due to several reasons, this will end up the to-be home-owner without a roof on his head, and paying his current house rents will be a burden as well along with the EMI's.
It's the builders' duty to deliver the property on time, the legal actions available which are to be taken against the default builder are given below
1. Filing a legal case
You can file a legal case on the builder if he doesn't deliver the home in the given period. RERA takes a
Written affidavit from the builder before starting the construction. The promoter should give the
declaration with an affidavit promising the date in which it will be completed. If he fails RERA should ideally take the case, but if it doesn't happen, you should be taking up the legalities.
2. Complaint in consumer court
You can always file a complaint in the customer court, where you can claim for deficiency of service, which is about the false promise made and the opportunity loss which is pertaining the loss of opportunity in buying a better property.
Filing a case in the consumer court is always a great idea.
3. Claim compensation and refund of the Amount paid
If your project is taking too long time, a buyer can always ask for a refund on the amount paid. You can directly file a civil case in a civil court he can file a case in the Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission if the builder is not willing to pay the amount.
You can also ask for the compensation on the rent or lease paying to the present accommodation or you can ask him to fetch property in the same or same kind of neighbourhood until the possession.
4. Claim Interest on the refund:
You can also claim interest on the amount paid upto now. RERA has put a special clause on this aspect.
5. File a Criminal Case:
False promise for the own benefit is a crime, the builder while advertising his property gives sucl a false promises and falls default after should be punished in the court of law.
Conclusion
False promise for the sake of making money is a wrong practice, RERA is always there to take action against the fraudulent builders but here is what you can do by yourself rather than being in the mercy of such fraudulent builders.