Panel to look into Jaypee homebuyers’ issue: Paswan
Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Saturday that his ministry had so far received 400 complaints from aggrieved homebuyers of Jaypee Infratech, and an in-house panel had been set up to look into the matter.
Jaypee Infratech, which is developing about 32,000 flats and plots across various projects at its township ‘ Wish Town’ in Noida, has been facing protests and litigation from homebuyers because of delays in project completion.
“The panel, to be headed by the consumer affairs secretary, will study and submit a status report within three days. We will see if there is any jurisdiction... We want to protect the interest of homebuyers,” Paswan told reporters.
Homebuyers have filed complaints against the company through the ministry’s national consumer helpline (NCH). These complaints have been forwarded to the concerned departments/ministries for redressal, he said.
About 141 homebuyers have filed cases against the real estate firm in consumer courts. IDBI Bank has also filed an insolvency petition before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which the Supreme Court stayed recently, he added.
Currently, there are 60 NCHs in the country.
Paswan said six regional consumer helpline centres will be operational from October 10. Each region would have 10 helpline centres.
There are about 24 stateoperated helpline centres, which are being updated with new software and integrated with the national centres, he said.