SC asks UP to produce Amrapali’s clearances

The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to produce copies of all past clearances and certificates issued to the erstwhile Amrapali Group, as the absence of these documents has become ahurdle in granting completion and occupancy certificates to thousands of homebuyers in Noida and Greater Noida.

- Abraham Thomas

Inanorder passed on December Il, the apex court directed that a joint meeting be convened between officials of the Noida and Greater Noida authorities, the court-appointed receiver R Venkataramani - currently the attorney general of India — and NBCC (India) Ltd, which is executing the stalled projects, to resolve issues preventing the issuance of completion certificates (CC) and occupancy certificates (OC).

‘A bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra ‘Sharma said efforts must be made to resolve the issue without prolonging it on procedural grounds.

“Effort shall be made by all concerned to settle the issue instead of prolonging it further on technicalities,” the bench observed.

The order followed a note submitted by Venkataramani, highlighting a list of documents that Noida and Greater Noida authorities were insisting upon before granting CCs and OCs. These documents related to statutory clearances — including environmental approvals, fire safety certificates, liftsafety clearances and electrical safety permissions — that were issued to the original developer, Amrapali Group, prior to the commencement of the projects.