2024 INSC 983
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). OF 2024
[Arising out of SLP (C) No. 14908 of 2023]
Indore Development Authority …….Appellant
Versus
Dr. Hemant Mandovra ………Respondent
J U D G M E N T
SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. This present petition is arising out of order dated
29.03.2023 passed by National Consumer Disputes Redressal
Commission (for short, “the National Commission”) in Revision
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Petition No. 2808 of 2018 whereby the National Commission
directed the appellant to handover possession of the plot in
question to the respondent within three weeks from the date the
amount is paid along with interest to the Indore Development
Authority.
3. The undisputed facts of the case reveal that the appellant
i.e. Indore Development Authority which is an authority
constituted under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1973,
issued an advertisement/Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) on
05.10.1994 in respect of Scheme No. 54 offering various plots to
the public at large. The respondent pursuant to the said
advertisement/tender notice dated 05.10.1994 submitted his offer
and was allotted a Plot No. 314 on 02.01.1995 in Scheme No. 54
with a payment plan to deposit 50% premium amou...