After moving to Dama from his home town in Rasha, Ramu and his family were staying in a rented accomodation for the last 5 years. Ramu and one of his office colleagues decided to buy a flat each in close proximity to their office. After a lot of research, they settled for a housing project which would cost them Rs. 1.25 crore each for a three bedroom flat. The housing project developers promised to deliver their flats within 36 months. An amount of Rs. 20 lakh each was paid to the developers of the housing project at the time of booking the flat. Since the payment schedule was time bound, they paid additional Rs. 80 lakh each over a period of 2 years. The balance of Rs. 25 lakh was to be paid at the time of registration. Despite having taken the major part of the cost of the flats, the housing project developers hadn't started the construction work.
Ramu and his colleague asked the housing project developers to refund the amount paid. On refusal of refund of the amount paid by the housing project developers, Ramu and his colleague decided to approach the consumer court.
The redressal agency which Ramu and his colleague should approach for redressal of their grievance is: