husband decided to buy a plot of land to build their dwelling house. The petitioner, Pradip Patangia and his friend, Gul Kumar Kalita @ Pappu Kalita, who deal in lands, having come to know about the respondent/complainant’s desire for purchasing a suitable plot of land, approached the respondent/complainant and her husband with an offer of sale of a plot of land. They offered a plot of land measuring 2 kathas covered under Dag No. 525 of P.P. No. 124, situated at Harigaon. They told her that the owners of the said land had executed a Power of Attorney No. 28 dated 28.02.2014, in favour of Gul Kumar Kalita, which was duly registered before the Sr. Sub-Registrar, Sonitpur. By the said Power of Attorney, the owners of the said land bestowed all the powers to Gul Kumar Kalita, to take decision upon the said land. Thereafter, the complainant and her husband talked with both the petitioners and the price of the land was fixed at Rs. 13,60,000/- (Rupees Thirteen Lacs Sixty Thousand) only. The petitioners requested for advance money and the complainant and the petitioner, Gul Kumar Kalita entered into an agreement for sale, which was duly notarized vide Sl. No. 227/2015. On the date of execution of the sale deed, the respondent/complainant paid a sum of Rs. 3,60,000/- (Rupees Three Lacs Sixty Thousand) only vide Cheque Nos. 119616 & 119617, drawn on SBI, Tezpur Branch, in favour of the petitioner, Gul Kumar Kalita. Both the petitioners had given the understanding that the amount would be shared equally even if the cheque were issued to only one of them. The petitioners further agreed and assured to obtain necessary permission from the concerned offices.
