ORDER 1. All these 08 appeals relate to builder-buyer disputes. 2. In all the 08 cases, the award made by the State Commission comprises of (i) refund of the amount deposited by the complainant(s), (ii) interest thereon, (iii) lumpsum compensation, (iv) lumpsum cost of litigation and (v) interest on the lumpsum compensation & lumpsum cost of litigation. 3. Learned counsel for the appellants submits, on instructions, that, in each of the 08 cases, the appellants will refund the entire amount deposited by the complainant(s) with interest @8% per annum from the respective dates of deposit till the actual dates of realisation and pay the lumpsum compensation and the lumpsum cost of litigation awarded by the State Commission, within four weeks from today, without fail. He further submits, on instructions, that the appellants wish to withdraw the instant appeals (f.a.s no. 40 to no. 47 of 2021), with liberty to file individual appeals, afresh, within thirty days, restricted and confined to the question of rate of interest over and above 8% on the amount(s) deposited by the complainant(s) and to the question of interest on the lumpsum compensation & lumpsum cost of litigation. The submissions are recorded. The appellants shall be bound by the submissions made by their learned counsel. 4. The instant f.a.s no. 40 to no. 47 of 2021 are dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the appellants, in each of the 08 cases, to file individual appeals, afresh, restricted and confined to the question of rate of interest over and above 8% on the amount(s) deposited by the complainant(s) and to the question of interest on the lumpsum compensation & the lumpsum cost of litigation, within thirty days from today. It goes without saying that fresh appeals, if filed, shall be heard on merit at admission. 5. The Registry is requested to send a copy each of this Order to the appellants and to the respondents, in each of these 08 cases, within three days from today. |
