[Resolved]  Tata Housing — TATA housing, Inora Park, Pune, sold flat without due town planning approvals

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Pune, Maharashtra

I made the booking about in May 2010 and first installment a few months after that. A few months later around Nov / Dec 2010, I was informed that that company's plan was not approved by Pune municipal corp, town planning. (Wondering how come they sold the flat without approvals), one entire wing has been knocked off and my flat was unfortunately in that wing.

I was given option to go in for another flat on 7th floor, in a different wing, which I agreed to. In Nov 2010, I was told that they are still in process of getting permission to build higher floors (above 5th) and the same should happen by June 2011. Now in Aug 2011, they are saying permissions will take another year to come through.
I have been given choice to withdraw,with some useless compensation of simple interest on the payments I have made. The property rates in that area have appreciated, and if I have to buy a similar flat in similar locality it will require additional cost of Rs.10 Lakh, I feel TATA should compensate me for this.

Have written to the CEO, head of marketing etc, but they do not accept it has a their mistake nor are they willing to fairly compensate.

They have given me another option - Wait for 3 months, they might get permission for 6th floor and can accommodate me on this floor, but again this is not sure, and if they don’t get the permission then I am left in a lurch.

I had immense trust in TATA brand, and booked the flat without doing too much due diligence, but I realize they are no better than most of the builders, who are cheats to maximize their profits at cost of customer inconvenience.

Through this post, I want to warn people to be careful when dealing with TATA housing.

Khuzem