The Noida Authority will urge the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider a decision to grant a financial relief of ?63 crore to a developer, the builders of a commercial tower in Sector 16. The relief was initially granted to compensate for delays caused by a National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on constructions within 10 km of Okhla Bird Sanctuary between 2013 and 2015.

Authority officials noted that the developer had completed the towers before the NGT orders were imposed but failed to secure an occupancy certificate due to missing documents. This, they argued, makes the company ineligible for the waiver, as the NGT ban had no effect on the project.

The developer requested an extension of payment instalments by two years and a waiver of interest from September 2013 onwards, in line with NGT’s orders. The plea was rejected. Further appeals requesting waivers for the period prior to the ban were also denied. Partial relief had been allowed between August 14 and October 28, 2013.

In August 2015, the ban was lifted, with the Centre reducing the eco-sensitive zone around the sanctuary to 100 metres. The Authority contested the relief decision, arguing that the delay in obtaining the occupancy certificate was due to the developer’s own lapses, not the NGT ban. Officials also noted that the developer had already received partial waivers for the affected period and had cleared all outstanding dues by November 2022.

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