The Allahabad High Court’s latest ruling directs the removal of the ninth and tenth floors from towers 16‑19, levies a ₹25 lakh fine on the builder, and compels police to register an FIR within two weeks, signalling a broader crackdown on irregular construction in Ghaziabad.
The dispute traces back to a 2006 approval for a 34‑tower, 904‑flat development on land in Karhera village, a plan that was struck down in July 2010 after the Hindon Air Force Station flagged the inclusion of 4,560 sq m of former Union government land. Yet construction continued, and the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) quietly sanctioned revised plans in 2011, 2015, and again on December 18, 2024, each time under its compounding provisions that allow certain violations to be regularised.
In its judgment, the court held that the developer had misrepresented the floor area ratio by counting the disputed Air Force land, thereby denying the project the necessary FAR for approval. It also ruled that the compounding process could not be abused to repeatedly regularise the same breaches or bypass mandatory approvals.
Homebuyers and the Gulmohar Greens Residents Welfare Association, who filed the petitions, say the ruling will relieve them of costly legal battles and restore confidence in the local real‑estate market. The GDA must now pay ₹50,000 to each petitioner within two months, and the builder is expected to deposit the fine within a month, while the police will investigate the promoter within the prescribed timeframe.