Court orders filing of an FIR against TDI,complainant alleges Mohali police dithering

According to the order passed by Judicial Magistrate Pamelpreet Kaur Grewal on September 4,complainant Navinpal Singh Saini,a resident of Sector 71,along with his father Gurdev Singh Saini paid a total amount of around Rs 60 lakh to TDI to buy 204 square yards of commercial land in TDI City,MP-II division,on Landran Banur Road in 2009. After receiving the full amount from Navinpal,the local managers of the Delhi-based company obtained signatures of Navinpal and his father on an agreement with blank space in it,after assuring them (the complainant and his father) that the agreement would be signed and completed by a higher official of the company in Delhi.

However,when Navinpal received the completed agreement,he was surprised to find that he had only been allotted 102 square yards of land,even though he had paid for 204 square yards. Thereafter,he approached TDI managers who allegedly refused to refund the additional Rs 30 lakh that he had paid. Aggrieved,Navinpal moved the court in April this year.

Navinpal alleged that according to the current market rate of 102 square yards at the said site,he had suffered a loss of more than Rs 70 lakh. He said that there were a total of 145 buyers like him who bought plots in MP-I and MP-II divisions of TDI City and who suffered similar losses.

The total amount of loss suffered by all the buyers was more than Rs 100 crore,he alleged.

Station House Officer of Sohana police station Dipinder Singh,who has been directed to register the FIR,said that the police were looking into the matter and would soon register an FIR after inspecting the disputed site.

Despite repeated attempts,TDI officials were not available for comment.