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Legal Notice for Possession Delay (Commercial Unit)

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Stamp duty: No stamp duty in either Punjab or Chandigarh — a demand notice creates, transfers, limits or extinguishes no right in property, so it is not a chargeable instrument under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 as it applies in Punjab, or as it extends to Chandigarh; plain paper or the Buyer's or advocate's letterhead is enough, and no e-stamp exists for a document of this kind.
Registration: Not registrable in either jurisdiction — outside Section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908, which reaches instruments that create or transfer an interest in property, not a demand for compliance with one already made.
Witnesses: None required for validity in either jurisdiction — this is a unilateral demand, not an instrument two parties execute.

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Also called

Legal Notice for Delay in Possession
Notice for Possession Delay
Builder Possession Delay Notice
Notice for Delayed Possession of Commercial Unit
Demand Notice for Possession and Compensation
RERA Section 18 Notice to Builder
Notice Before RERA Complaint
Possession Delay Claim

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A commercial-unit buyer's formal notice to the developer or builder in Punjab or Chandigarh, where the possession date promised under the Agreement for Sale or Builder-Buyer Agreement has passed and possession of the unit has still not been handed over. It states the Agreement, the promised possession date, the length of the delay, and demands either (a) possession together with compensation for the delay — computed under the Agreement's own delay clause where it has one, or otherwise under the statutory interest-on-delay entitlement in Section 18 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — or (b) if the Buyer instead wishes to withdraw from the project, a full refund of the amount paid together with interest under Section 18(1) of that Act. This is a DEMAND, sent before — and, if the Builder complies, instead of — a formal complaint to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority. It reserves the Buyer's right to file that complaint if the Builder does not comply, but does not itself file one. Not for: a residential unit; a unit for which possession has already been taken (use a snag or warranty notice instead); a project outside Punjab or Chandigarh; the RERA complaint itself, once you are ready to file it; or a dispute unconnected with the timing of possession.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

No stamp duty in either Punjab or Chandigarh — a demand notice creates, transfers, limits or extinguishes no right in property, so it is not a chargeable instrument under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 as it applies in Punjab, or as it extends to Chandigarh; plain paper or the Buyer's or advocate's letterhead is enough, and no e-stamp exists for a document of this kind. What was stamped, and should be checked separately if it has not been, is the Agreement itself.

Registration

Not registrable in either jurisdiction — outside Section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908, which reaches instruments that create or transfer an interest in property, not a demand for compliance with one already made. No Sub-Registrar in Punjab or in Chandigarh takes a document of this kind. What matters instead is whether the Agreement was itself compulsorily registrable and was registered: an unregistered agreement that should have been registered cannot prove its own terms under Section 49 of that Act, which weakens proof of the Promised Possession Date and of any delay-compensation clause this notice relies on.

Notarisation

Not required in either jurisdiction — notarising this notice does not make it any more effective and proves nothing about its content. What proves the notice was served is the proof of dispatch and delivery: the registered-post receipt and acknowledgement card, courier tracking, or a signed acknowledgement of hand delivery. Keep these with the file; an advocate's affidavit of service exhibiting them is what gets sworn later, if a complaint is actually filed.

Witnesses

None required for validity in either jurisdiction — this is a unilateral demand, not an instrument two parties execute. Witnesses matter only if the notice is delivered by hand (get the receiver's name, signature and date) or affixed at the Builder's office because tender has failed (two independent witnesses who can be produced later, and photographs if possible).

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LEGAL NOTICE FOR POSSESSION DELAY — COMMERCIAL UNIT

A demand for possession with compensation, or for refund with interest, over delay in handing over a commercial unit under Section 18 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.

Date: 3 April 2026

TO:
M/s Sunview Buildwell Private Limited, through its Managing Director, an individual
SCO 118-119, Second Floor, Sector 34-A, Chandigarh 160022
And also at: Site Office, Sunview Greens Phase-II, Sector 91, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) 140308
Email: X

FROM:
Meridian Tax Consultants Private Limited, an individual
X
And Vikram Anand, joint Buyer, of X

SUBJECT: Delay in handing over possession of the Unit described below, beyond the date promised under the Agreement, and demand for compliance within 30 days of receipt of this notice.

Dear Sir / Madam,

1. THE PARTIES AND THE AGREEMENT

1.1 Meridian Tax Consultants Private Limited ("the Buyer"), together with Vikram Anand ("the Joint Buyer"), is the allottee of the commercial unit described in Clause 2 ("the Unit"), which the Buyer purchased from M/s Sunview Buildwell Private Limited, through its Managing Director ("the Builder"), the promoter and developer of the project in which the Unit is situated.

1.2 The Unit was purchased under an Agreement for Sale executed between the Buyer and the Builder and duly registered, dated 1 April 2026, registered with the Sub-Registrar, S.A.S. Nagar at Document No. 4127 on 14 August 2023 ("the Agreement"), entered into between the Buyer and the Builder in respect of the project known as Sunview Business Park, Phase-I.

2. THE UNIT

2.1 The Unit is a shop-cum-office (SCO) unit, more particularly described as follows: SCO No. 42, Ground and First Floor, Sunview Business Park, Phase-I, admeasuring 1,800 sq. ft. super area, situated in Sector 82, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), situated in the State of Punjab.

3. THE PROMISED POSSESSION DATE AND THE DELAY

3.1 Under the Agreement, the Builder undertook to hand over possession of the Unit, complete in all respects, on or before 2 April 2026 ("the Promised Possession Date"). The Promised Possession Date already includes the grace or moratorium period of one hundred eighty (180) days, under Clause 6.2 of the Agreement which the Agreement allows the Builder in addition to its base commitment.

3.2 As on the date of this notice, possession of the Unit has not been offered or handed over to the Buyer. The delay, reckoned from the Promised Possession Date to the date of this notice, is fourteen (14) months, and continues.

4. THE BASIS FOR COMPENSATION OR REFUND

4.1 The Unit is situated in the State of Punjab. Interest and refunds under Section 18 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 in respect of this project are computed under Rule 16 of the Punjab State Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2017, at the State Bank of India's highest Marginal Cost of Lending Rate plus two per cent, and a refund falling due is payable within ninety days under Rule 17 of those Rules. A complaint against the Builder that this notice does not resolve lies before the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Punjab, in Form 'M' under Section 31 of the Act.

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