Earth Infrastructures Limited vs. Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (Gnida)

ITEM NO.9 COURT NO.1 SECTION XVII

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No. 1526/2023

ALPHA CORP DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE LIMITED Appellant(s)

VERSUS

GREATER NOIDA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (GNIDA) & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 174061/2023 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION
IA No. 166205/2023 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION
IA No. 77867/2023 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS
IA No. 52354/2024 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION
IA No. 46325/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY
IA No. 46326/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 166202/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 137704/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 38547/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 137215/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 11878/2024 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION
IA No. 131927/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 217541/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 77861/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 61838/2024 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT
IA No. 207548/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES
IA No. 217542/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION
IA No. 174062/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION)
WITH
C.A. No. 2466/2023 (XVII)
(IA No. 69539/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY
IA No. 69536/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT
IA No. 209398/2023 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)
C.A. No. 1743/2023 (XVII)
(IA No. 54632/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY
IA No. 54634/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT)
C.A. No. 3361/2023 (XVII)
(IA No. 93354/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 251738/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT

IA No. 186640/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT

IA No. 184154/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 93348/2023 - STAY APPLICATION) Diary No(s). 19132/2023 (XVII) (IA No. 103050/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 103047/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE APPEAL) C.A. No. 2491/2023 (XVII) (IA No. 70784/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 70789/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 70786/2023 - STAY APPLICATION) C.A. No. 2406-2407/2023 (XVII) (IA No. 180402/2023 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION IA No. 67444/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 67446/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 124491/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 115756/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 67445/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) C.A. No. 3438/2023 (XVII) (IA No. 74487/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 95273/2023 - MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER IA No. 74486/2023 - STAY APPLICATION) C.A. No. 3435-3437/2023 (XVII) (IA No. 75580/2023 - EX-PARTE STAY IA No. 75578/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) C.A. No. 2756/2023 (XVII) (IA No. 115958/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 109888/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 115957/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT IA No. 109887/2023 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT) C.A. No. 2763/2023 (XVII) (FOR ADMISSION) C.A. No. 4619/2023 (XVII) (IA No. 114057/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 114058/2023 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 133739/2023 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Date : 17-12-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR For Appellant(s) Mr. Devendra Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Shashank Raghav, Adv. Ms. Shubhangini Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Suman, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Harshvardhan, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Mr. Keshav Dev, Adv. Mr. Vemula Roopa Dimple, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Mohod, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Jay Nirupam, Adv. Mr. D. Girish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pranav Giri, Adv. Mr. Ekansh Sisodia, Adv. Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. V M Kannan, AOR Mr. Mayank Singh, Adv. Ms. Aditi Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Arunima Das, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. Mr. Nakul Dewan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ekansh Mishra, AOR Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Namrata Saraogi, Adv. Mr. Sumesh Dhawan, Adv. Mr. Vastala Kak, Adv. Mr. Nishant Rao, Adv. Mr. Raghav Dembla, Adv. Ms. Geetika Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shaurya Shyam, Adv. Mr. Sagar Thakkar, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Neeraj Malhotra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nimish Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Sumit Kumar, AOR

Mr. Anshuman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Bhuraria, Adv. Mr. Parijat, Adv. Mr. Arinjay Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Navneet Sarin, Adv. Mr. Vishesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shubham Sethi, Adv. Mr. Jay Kishor Singh, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Saxena, Adv. Mr. Shivam Saxena, Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Anshuman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Sourav Roy, AOR Mr. Anshu R. Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Pranav Bafna, Adv. Mr. Devendra Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Birendra Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Ms. Neha Das, Adv. Mr. Shivam Saxena, Adv. Mr. Nakul Dewan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ekansh Mishra, AOR Mr. Gunjan Kumar, AOR Mr. R K Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Maibam Nabaghanashyam Singh, AOR Mr. I.P.S. Oberoi, Adv. Mr. Himrit Singh Wadhwa, Adv.

Mr. Neeraj Malhotra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nimish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar, AOR Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Sandeep Bhuraria, Adv. Mr. Parijat, Adv. Mr. Arinjay Singh, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Anuja Pethia, AOR Mr. Noor Shergill, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Nigam, Adv. Ms. Kshirja Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Govila, Adv. Mr. Srikant Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Jain, Adv. Mr. Varun Garg, Adv. Mr. Shubham Paliwal, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Harit Sv, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Phul, Adv. Ms. Komal Bihani, Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Mr. Durga Dutt, AOR Mr. Rohit Priyadarshi, Adv. Ms. Rashi Verma, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Yadav, Adv. Ms. Purti Gupta, AOR Ms. Henna George, Adv. Mr. Satya Kam Sharma , AOR Mr. Kapil Sibbal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Joshi, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ambareen, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Mittal, Adv. Mr. Shafik Ahmed, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Anand, Adv.

Mr. Bhaskar Sundaram, Adv. Mr. P. R. Sreejith, Adv. Mr. V. Elanchezhiyan, AOR Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Mr. Md. Shoeb Alam, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Mr. Athul Joseph, Adv. Mr. Gunjan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ravinder, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibbal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Joshi, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Ambareen, Adv. Ms. Akshita, Adv. Mr. Akshansh, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Kumar Choudhary, AOR Mr. Devendra Kumar Shukla, AOR Mr. Pushpinder Singh , AOR Mr. Kumar Kartikay, Adv. Ms. Neelu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Purvi Goyal, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Singh, Adv. Ms. S. Madhuravalli, Adv. Mr. Sukhmandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shashank Khurana, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv. M/s. Aura & Co., AOR

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R

Our attention is drawn to the order dated 17.03.2023 in Civil Appeal Diary No. 18924/2023, titled "Unific Techone Patrons Independent Association (utopia) & Anr. v*. Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) & Ors.".* The direction in this order

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required the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority1 to file an affidavit stating whether they are ready and willing to take up the project and complete the construction and give apartments/flats to the flat buyers on the terms agreed upon by and between the flat buyers and the builder, and also the rules and regulations framed by them or the policy decision taken by them in case the builder defaults or goes into liquidation.

A request for further time is made to comply with the aforesaid direction. We grant GNIDA seven days to file an affidavit/reply, subject to payment of 5,00,000/- as costs, which ₹ will be disbursed on pro-rata basis in the appeals where GNIDA is a party respondent. The costs will be deposited within a period of fifteen days from today with the Registry of this Court.

We have heard the learned counsel for the parties. The GNIDA and the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority will file affidavit(s) in each of the appeals containing the following details:

• 1. The date(s) of allotment of land/execution of lease deed.
• 2. The dates on which the lease money was payable.
• 3. The dates on which the payments were made by the allottees/leaseholders.
• 4. Details indicating whether there were any site inspections carried out by the Officers of the GNIDA/NOIDA to ascertain who was developing and building on the leasehold lands, and if

<span id="page-6-0"></span>1 For short, "GNIDA."

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not, why steps were not taken to ascertain compliance with the terms of the lease.

• 5. The dates on which notices for non-payment of lease money were issued and served. In case the lease money along with interest was not paid, it will be stated as to why the lease was not cancelled.
• 6. Details as to whether any public notice was issued by the GNIDA/NOIDA informing the general public of the default in payment of lease money and indicating the possibility that the allotment of the lease may be cancelled.

On the next date of hearing, the question with regard to the lands held by the subsidiary company in Gurugram, Haryana, in Civil Appeal No. 3438/2023 should be segregated and will be examined.

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COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

(BABITA PANDEY) (R.S. NARAYANAN)

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