M/S LANDMARK APARTMENTS PVT. LTD. vs VARUN SHARMA & ANR.

1 RERA-APPL-91-2026(O&M) [159] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RERA-APPL-91-2026(O&M) Date of Decision :19.05.2026 M/s Landmark Apartments Pvt. Limited …Appellant versus Varun Sharma and another ….Respondents Coram : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ JAIN Present: Mr. Shubhnit Hans, Advocate for the appellant. **** PANKAJ JAIN, J. (ORAL) [1] The only plea raised in the present appeal is against the order passed by authorities saddling the developer with the liability to pay interest amount on the refund from the date of surrender, i.e. 15.07.2013, till the date of actual realization. [2] Counsel for the appellant submits that it is a case of surrender of apartment by the allottee. After allottee requested for surrender on 15.07.2013, he was asked to surrender all the papers in original to facilitate the refund of the amount. Allottee approached the RERA authorities after more than 08 years of the request of surrender and failed to surrender documents in original thus he is not entitled to interest as awarded by authorities. [3] I have heard counsel for the appellant and have carefully gone through records of the case. [4] The precise plea raised before this Court has