Hi,
I was living on a rented apartment (2BHK, 1700 Sqft) in Bangalore (Alps Estate , Sarjapur Road) for 2.5 Years (2007 - 2010). The owner of the Flat was Dr. Rama J paraki who is a psychology department head in Jyothi Nivas college, Koramangala. She collected 10 months deposit of 1,30,000 Rs. But when I vaccated she didnt give me back the full amount and deducted 28,000 RS for Painting. The rental agreement only states that an amount (no amount mentioned) will be deducted at the end as part of painting. I complaint to her that this is too much for that and in turn I will do the painting and give back the flat. But she insisted she do the same and didnt return that amount.
I checked with many painting persons and they said they can do this with 6,000 - 10,000 Rs. Even When I checked with Ramaa she asked me to vaccate and then we will bring our own personnel and finalise on the price. After we gave back the keys, she never came back nor answered my calls. She is absconding from me and she didnt return the balance amount!
Initially She seemed to be a decent women, but later found out to be a very arrogant one. She used to threaten us many times with her mails. She threatened me with legal consequences and bought her advocate to the flat too when I was vaccating. I asked her 3 months back before vacating to reach an amount for the painting. I knew going by her nature, she wouldnt fully payback my deposit. But she kept on delaying and never told me whats the amount she is going to charge me. If I knew this before, I would had done the painting and handed over the Flat on time.
Later I came to know that she made many modifications in the bathroom and also other construction inside her Flat using my money.
How can I claim back my money? Is there any rule which says regarding the legal limits of deduction from Deposits? How can an Owner insist that they should only do the repairs? Can I approach the consumer court?
Please help me in this. I am cheated my this lady who is a professor by job, but behaves like a real fraud.
Regards,
Kumar,
Bangalore, India
