The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government and development authorities to place on record all documents related to the issuance of completion and occupancy certificates for Amrapali Group housing projects, cautioning that the certification process should not be delayed by demands for papers that may no longer exist with the now-defunct developer.

The court, which continues to monitor the long-running Amrapali case involving thousands of homebuyers, said statutory compliance checks must be coordinated directly by the authorities rather than shifting the burden to NBCC or the court-appointed receiver, according to a TOI report.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma, hearing the matter on Dec 11, told Noida Authority, Greater  Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and other bodies concerned not to insist on documents that were originally in Amrapali’s possession. The court noted that such records  may no longer be available either with the state-run National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), which is completing the stalled projects, or with the court-appointed receiver.

The bench said statutory compliance verification, wherever required, could be carried out directly by the development authorities in coordination with the relevant statutory departments, rather than placing the burden on NBCC or the court receiver at this stage.

Court-appointed receiver R Venkataramani had offered to convene a joint meeting of the chief executive officers of Noida Authority and GNIDA and the chairperson and managing director of NBCC to streamline requirements for granting CCs and OCs for completed or occupied buildings.