Location/place: Pune
Name of company/service: Mind Space Realty Pvt. Ltd/ Real Estate
Dear Sir
I am Sanjay Choudhary and hail from a very small town Giridih in Jharkhand. I am made to approach you because of the present situation, which I am facing for last one year. I had joined Mindspace Realty Pvt Ltd(MSR) in October 2008 as a Sales Manager. At that time MSR had started a project named MSR Queenstown in Chinchwad. I was appointed in the sales office since then.
I have given best of my services and even my employers agree that it is because of me, they were able to sale so many flats in such a short time.
In all these years I was staying in Dapodi in a small flat which was owned by me. My wife is a homemaker and I have a small child aged 7 years. He attends a school in Aundh, which was very close from my house in Dapodi.
Mr. Ashish Bhandari, who was my immediate boss and director in MSR convinced me to buy a flat in Queenstown only, being a sales manager they gave me a discount also at that time.
It should be highlighted that at that time, I had already booked a flat in Dapodi itself, in a new scheme which was coming up nearby. At the behest of Mr. Bhandari, I cancelled the said booking and alternatively booked a flat in MSR scheme. I paid Rs 25 lakhs to MSR being my own contribution.
Sir, for any normal employee like me, who is not born with a golden spoon, will decide to buy any flat with all his resources being spend on the same. I did the same thing, I sold my flat in Dapodi to book a flat in MSR scheme. This was some time in October 2010.
I had taken this flat in H wing, and it was MSR decision to open the booking of H building in 2011, however due to some policy changes the agreements for sale were done post December 2011.
Things took an ugly turn post the agreements were started for H Building.
I requested for early agreement and possession of my flat, since I had sold my Dapodi flat by then. I was staying on rent in the same flat which I had sold for few months. Later I had to vacate that flat and I came to Queenstown for staying on rent.
In view of the same I was requesting my employer for early possession, which I never got.
Knowing this he started harassing me; my agreement was actually done by May 2012. It may be highlighted that the amount was paid by me in December 2011 only. The total cost of the flat was agreed at 41 lakhs, out of the same 25 lakhs were already paid by me as stated above. Even my loan was sanctioned before the agreement.
I was called to MSR office in June 2012 and was shown a list where, the flats purchased by employees, directors and relatives of them were cancelled because of some legalities. As a layman I did not understand what was coming to me in future, which I realize now. I was also promised that agreement will be done later in October/ November 2012. I did house warming of my flat in February 2012.
The legalities that were explained to me were related to Income Tax scrutiny. I was told that a lot of money were taken in black by the builder from customers and that’s why Income Tax Authorities had problems with the sale deeds. And to cover up the same, some agreements were cancelled and would be done later.
Trusting MR. Bhandari I signed a cancellation request. It may be noted that any builder in India does not refund at least the earnest money which is paid, but I was refunded the entire amount excluding the stamp duty, registration, VAT and legal charges.
This explains that therefore the cancellation transaction was bogus transaction.
My harassment took an uglier turn then. By now I knew all the secrets of Mr. Bhandari. At the similar time the residents of the Queenstown became more aggressive and started demanding explanation from the builder for quality.
Mr. Bhndari thought that I have some role in this and on this belief which was totally baseless and false started harassing me.
In view of the harassment and illegal ways of the builder I decided to quit the job.
At that time Bhandari told me to choose between a job or house. In view of the above stated facts I was any way decided to leave the job.
In October Mr. Bhandari approached me again for joining the company. At that time he promised me to allot the same flat in next one or two months.
I am till now has not been paid any salary since October. In the meantime I started following up with Mr. Bhandari for agreement, since I was all along staying on rent.
He gave me some excuse or another every time I asked him, but somehow I had some trust in the management so did not bother about Mr. Bhandari and continued working in the best manner according to me.
My old parents visited me some time in November, they also went to meet Bhandari in his office requesting for allotment of flat. Mr. Bhandari insulted both of them. Hearing that also I restricted myself from taking any action and kept requesting him not to insult my parents.
He i.e. Bhandari agreed to allot the same flat to me at extra 5 lakhs. I filled up the form agreeing to the condition and also gave a cheque of 25 lakhs again, which is still not deposited by him.
In the month of December, Mr. Bhandari father passed away suddenly. In view of this also I did not follow up with the management either for salary or for house on my genuine trust.
In January 2013 I again requested for allotment of flat.
I was called to MSR office again, where Mr. Bhandari and Mr. Ajay Gohil were present. They pretended as if they were helping me but I realized that it is only a trap.
On instructions from Bhandari, Ajay asked to fill up a form for some other flat. I was in for a shock. If I have done a housewarming of a particular flat , where even Ajay along with all the staff of MSR was present, how can he ask me for changing the flat.
When I refused to fill up any form Mr. Bhandari came there and threatened me with dire consequences. He used such a shabby and bad language, that I cant even write his word here.
He threatened me and also challenged that whatever I do, I will not get the flat at any cost. Hearing this I immediately decided that any law fearing person will not work in such a company.
These people do not have any respect to fellow humans neither they are scared of law
Sir, I am simple law fearing common man and worried about my family and kinds. In the given situation I have opted to leave the job with MSR and I am searching for some other job.
I would like to request you to help me in at least getting the flat in Queenstown. I have sold my house withdrawn my savings and spent a fortune to buy the flat.
I am staying on rent for almost two years now, my rent is more than my EMI, if I would have taken the loan.
It can be seen that there fore there is no relation between cancelling my flat and my financial status. I have cancelled it only at the bequest of Bhandari and that too, because he told me that there are some legal issues. Trusting him was my mistake.
I would request you to use your good office and help me getting the justice.
I wish to reiterate
• I am law fearing and simple person have no contacts with any big shot.
• I am from a well educated family , my father was a university professor
• I have worked on principles, and all my savings are from bonafide sources. Thanks to these savings I am able to sustain for some months without a job.
• The cancellation of the flat was only at the request of Mr. Bhandari and not for any other reason.
• In the cancellation request I was made to write that I am cancelling the flat because of the financial constraints, which was not true and the statement was taken from me under influence and exerting psychological pressure.
• Because of my simple living I have healthy savings and thankfully I have not suffered any financial problem
• Nobody will sell his house and stay on rent for two years.
• Being in sales line, If I was financially constrained I could have sold my flat to an outsider at such increased price as per the market.
• The aforesaid shows that I was cheated mentally pressurized.
• My family life is disturbed; none of my family members including my old parents are able to leave a peaceful life. And it is only Mr. Bhandari and his crazy thinking is to blame for this.
Sir,but if you find some merit in the above statement kindly help me get back the house for which me and my family has given everything.
Yours truly
Sanjay Choudhary
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