UP Real Estate Appellate Tribunal Orders Promoter to Pay Interest for Delay Within 45 Days

Noida, December 15, 2025: Delays come with costs, as the promoter of a residential cluster in a Greater Noida township recently discovered. The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has directed the promoter of a residential project in Greater Noida’s Sector 27 to pay delay interest to homebuyers and refund charges collected for a master club and golf course.

The promoter was also directed been draw up a correction deed to include essential particulars missing from the registered tripartite sub-lease deed.

The bench of Justice Suneet Kumar (chairman) and Rameshwar Singh (administrative member) passed the order while dismissing six appeals filed by AR Landcraft LLP — the promoter of Godrej Crest residential cluster, part of the the 100-acre Godrej Golf Links township — against a UP RERA order dated March 7, 2024.

The tribunal ordered a probe into the whole affair, seeking a reoly from the state government on whether Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) ‘flouted’ norms.

The promoter has been directed to pay INR 50,000 as costs cost to every respondent within 45 days. UP RERA has been asked to consider penal action.

According to the tribunal, the promoter “indulged in fraudulent practice, unfair/deceptive practice”. Violations were part of a systematic pattern embedded in the project’s approvals, agreements and financial demands placed on allottees.

A Godrej spokesperson said, “We are surprised by the findings and directions and are currently conducting a detailed analysis of the order. We will subsequently initiate appropriate proceedings to challenge it before the competent court.”

A major portion of the order by the tribunal relates to the regulatory approvals granted by GNIDA. After examining the project documents and the manner in which the REP (Recreational Entertainment Park) Scheme was invoked for the 100-acre Godrej Golf Links township, the tribunal directed the regulatory authority to summon the full REP Scheme record, sanctioned layout maps and sub-lease documents and place them before the principal secretary, housing and urban development, UP govt, within 45 days.

The principal secretary has been instructed to examine whether GNIDA “flouted” the Scheme and its building regulations “to benefit the appellant,” and to take an independent decision after hearing from the developer, GNIDA, UP RERA and representatives of the allottees.

The tribunal also emphasised that the state govt’s inquiry must be comprehensive and must independently assess whether statutory procedures for recreational green areas and the REP Scheme were bypassed.