ORDER 1. Leave granted. 2. The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission [“SCDRC”] directed the respondent to refund the amount deposited by the appellant together with interest at the rate of 18% per annum from 1 July 2011 till payment. This order was affirmed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. 3. Notice was issued by this Court confined to the submission of the appellant that interest has to be awarded from 31 March 2008, the date of payment made to the builder and not from 1 July 2011, as awarded by the SCDRC. 4. Admittedly, the appellant had paid an amount of Rs 13.25 lakhs to the developer in 2008. The date on which possession had to be granted in terms of the agreement was 1 July 2011. Possession has never been handed over. 5. In this backdrop, we are of the considered view that the appellant was entitled to interest from the respective dates on which the payment of consideration was made to the developer and not from 1 July 2011. The date of 1 July 2011 would have been relevant if possession had been handed over to the home buyer which is not the case. 6. In order to resolve the matter finally, we order and direct that the developer shall pay an amount of Rs 3.50 lakhs to the appellant towards the interest liability for the period between 2 January 2008 and 1 July 2011, which shall be over and above the interest which has already been awarded. 7. The above order is being passed in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case, noted above. 8. The appeal is disposed of in the above terms. 9. Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.