new delhi a real estate developer has been ordered to pay rs 66 lakh to a resident of rohini amrit lal chawla for raising illegal demands from time to time and then refusing to refund the booking amount when chawla wanted to cancel the booking the district consumer disputes redressal forum northwest district says the actions of unitech ltdthe opposite party along with unitech reliable projects ltd and an agencywere clearly unjustified and amounted to unfair trade practices chawla had booked flat no 1103 11th floor tower 4 unitech verve plot no 11 in greater noida for rs 55 lakh in november 2006 the agreement presented by chawla before the forum says he had bought the flat at the rate of rs 3200 per square foot from january 2007 chawla started receiving a series of letters each one increasing the rate when he made inquiries he received a letter saying that the unit had been allotted to him at rs 3250 per sq ft with an additional charge of rs 50 per sq ft as preferential location charges there was a further raise pushing the rate to rs 3350 per sq ft irritated by the increases chawla sought to cancel the booking and demanded refund of the booking amount in may 2008 the company wrote back saying the company may at its discretion forfeit the booking amountregistration amount and any amount paid over and above the earnest money shall be refunded to the allottees therefore in case you seek cancellation of the booking the earnest money registration amount paid by you shall stand forfeited by the company in your case chawla took unitech to consumer court in march 2009the district consumer forum with rakesh kapoor as president directed unitech to pay chawla the booking amountrs 55 lakhand another rs 1 lakh for physical and mental agony suffered by the complainant and a sum of rs 10000 as cost of litigation