In a major relief to homebuyers of the Godrej Nest project in Noida’s Sector-150 Sports City, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Noida authority to issue conditional occupancy certificates for six residential towers within six weeks.

The order, passed on a special leave petition by Brick Rise Developers against a February 2025 Allahabad High Court ruling that went against lead developer Lotus Green, comes amid long delays, financial disputes, and pending dues in the sprawling sports city project.

A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order (uploaded later on official site) after hearing intervention applications (request filed by third party to participate).

“Conditional occupancy certificates shall be granted to the applicants within a period of six weeks for the 6 towers for which application(s) are pending with the NOIDA. Such conditional occupancy certificates shall be subject to the final outcome of the Special Leave Petitions and any directions to be passed by this court,” said the Supreme Court order.

If implemented the new SC order can bring relief to the homebuyers, who await delivery.

“The petitioner shall be responsible for the development of any sports/recreational facilities as per the sports city scheme and the sub-lease deed for Plot No-SC-02/H&I, Sector-150, NOIDA. All approvals must follow Noida’s building regulations and byelaws. The grant of the conditional occupancy certificates to the applicants shall not be treated as a precedent qua other allottees in the Sports City,” said order.

Noida authority additional chief executive officer Satish Pal did not reply to the repeated calls on the issue.

To be sure, the Allahabad High Court’s February order had directed the Noida authority to issue notices to all consortium partners of the Sector-150 Sports City project to recover long-pending dues, including premiums, penalties, interest, lease rent, and additional compensation. It also ordered a CBI inquiry into Lotus Green and its consortium over alleged financial irregularities and failures to deliver promised sports infrastructure.