High Court orders demolition of Supertech two 40-storeyed twin towers in Noida

The Allahabad high court on recently  ordered the demolition of two 40-storeyed residential towers of Supertech's Emerald Court in Noida's Sector 93A for flouting building norms.

A division bench of justices Mr. V. K. Shukla and Mr. Suneet Kumar ordered the demolition of the towers "within a period of 4 months" and ordered the builder to refund their money with "14 % interest compounded annually".

The court also directed the prosecution of the builder and officials of Noida Authority which allowed the construction.

The 2 towers -  Apex and Ceyane - together have 857 flats whose price ranges from Rs. 40 lakh to Rs. 1.2 crore.

Only 230 flats in the two under-construction towers remain unsold.

The two towers, part of Emerald Court Group Housing Society located near the Noida Greater Noida expressway, were allegedly being constructed as an extension of a larger 70,000 square metre project costing nearly Rs 750 crore.

The existing project was initiated in 2006, when permission was allegedly granted for 15 towers with just 11 storeys each.

In 2009, a revised plan, including Apex and Ceyane, was submitted to the Noida Authority by purchasing additional floor area ratio, and got approved.

The two towers are in an advanced stage of construction. More than 21 floors have been constructed in Apex and 17 in Ceyane.

Both towers are to have 14 flats on each floor. Each tower is also proposed to have a penthouse.

Supertech's Chairman and Managing Director Mr. R K Arora said, ''The company will file a special leave petition against the High Court order in the Supreme Court this week. Supertech was allotted a 48,263 square meter plot in Noida's Sector 93A in 2004 for constructing Emerald Court Group Housing Society, which was to have 15 towers with 11 floors each. These apartments were completed in 2010."

According to the Residents' Welfare Association of Emerald Court Group Housing Society, the petitioners in the case, the approval and construction of the two towers was in complete violation of provisions of the UP Apartments Act of 2010.

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