Greater Noida Authority — BHS12 construction delay and over riding charges

Address: Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

Hi, I am sure I am not the only one on this. We considered ourselves lucky to be allotted a flat in the above scheme. Original possession was due in September 2012 and we were told that it should not get delayed any later than December 2012. We paid the entire amount upfront (through a bank loan) and are currently paying high rate of interest; all this while hoping to get timely possession. To our horror, when we reached the site earlier this year, we were told that construction work stopped for about a year and a possession may only happen in year 2014 or 2015. When I decided to lodge a complaint against the delay, I visited the GNIDA office however there was no one available assist me with complaint process and I was told to write to the CEO (GNIDA) through email. Even before I could have done that we received a letter advising of an escalation of INR 168000. Why escalation? We opted for the project in 2009 and the pricing of the project was advised then should not have been changed. If it has to be changed, where is our option to walk out of this contract without suffering any losses. Now due to time limitation, we paid the INR 168000 also. Now we received another letter asking for INR 220000 ( app.). How did we, in any way, gained by trusting the local government. This is now becoming worse than placing our money on a shady builder. When we participated in authority construction, we were only expecting timely possession and no unnecessary rise in the costs but none of this actually happen. We feel completely disgusted and cheated by the GNIDA. Such a shame to have chosen you. If there are more complainants for this scheme, please contact me at [protected]@gmail.com We are planning to launch a formal complaint against the scheme in consumer forum and with court for civil matters. Ameen Bery [protected]