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NOIDA: The Supreme Court has asked the UP government to submit documents related to issuance of completion certificates (CCs) and occupancy certificates (OCs) for Amrapali Group housing projects, saying the process should not be delayed by demands for papers that may no longer exist with the now-defunct developer. The court issued the directions and continued to monitor the long-running case involving thousands of homebuyers.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma, who heard the case on December 11, told the Noida Authority, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and other concerned agencies not to insist on documents originally in Amrapali’s possession. The court noted that such data may no longer be available from the state-run National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), which completes the stalled projects, or from the court-appointed receiver.
The bench said that verification of statutory compliance, where necessary, could be carried out directly by the development authorities in coordination with the relevant statutory departments, instead of placing the burden on NBCC or the court collector at this stage.
Court-appointed trustee R Venkataramani had offered to convene a joint meeting of the CEOs of Noida Authority and GNIDA and the chairman and managing director of NBCC to streamline the requirements for granting CCs and OCs for completed or occupied buildings. Subsequently, a meeting was held at the court collector’s house in Delhi on December 22, where senior officials decided to form a committee to streamline the issue and facilitate delivery of OCs and CCs.
During the hearing, counsel for Noida and Greater Noida authorities argued that occupying apartments without completion certificates was not permissible under existing laws. They said that in the event of an incident such as fire, elevator breakdown, short circuit or earthquake, authorities could be held liable if CCs or OCs are issued without mandatory no-objection certificates and regulatory approvals.
Ruchira Goel, appearing on behalf of the state of UP, was asked to verify the status of clearances from various offices such as fire brigade, state environmental impact assessment authority and directorate of electrical safety. The court asked it to verify whether the original developer had obtained the required approvals before starting construction and, if so, to provide copies of those certificates to the court at the next hearing.
Noida Authority told the court that it had already issued OCs and CCs for nine towers of Amrapali Silicon City, comprising 972 residential units, on August 20, 2025. It also said that water connections have been provided to nine projects, two of which were released on October 16 and 30.
GNIDA said in an affidavit on December 9 that five Amrapali projects – Leisure Park, Dream Valley, Centurion Park, Golf Homes and Leisure Valley – fall within its jurisdiction, and orders have been issued to urgently provide water connections to these projects.
The court also asked the authorities to consider allowing physical filing of documents for CCs and OCs, instead of just insisting on online filings, which it said does not allow for procedural flexibility. It clarified that assigned parties occupying completed units would be responsible for their operation and maintenance and could not expect NBCC to assume those responsibilities. The case was submitted for further hearing on January 22.
The Amrapali Group was once a prominent real estate developer in Noida and Greater Noida, selling tens of thousands of apartments to middle-class buyers between 2008 and 2015. Following complaints of stalled construction, missing facilities and financial irregularities, the Supreme Court canceled the group’s RERA registration in 2019 and charged NBCC with completing ongoing projects and handing them over to homebuyers.
Abhishek Kumar, president of Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association, said Amrapali Group was developing nearly 42,000 flats in Noida and Greater Noida.
“They handed over 15,000 apartments, but the remaining flats were not handed over. Some flats were handed over later, but due to lack of OC/CC, the home buyers could not complete the registration. The SC’s intervention has given hope that the flats will be handed over now,” he said.
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