On 24 September 2026, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana appointed Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena, a former judge of the Allahabad High Court, as a one-member committee in New Okhla Industrial Development Authority v. Kendriya Karamchari Sehkari GN Samiti, a dispute over flats that has run for about three decades.
What was decided
In 2022 the Court had directed NOIDA to allot flats to 844 identified members of the society and to examine the claims of 133 subsequent purchasers. The figures later shifted to 863 original allottees and 120 subsequent purchasers, and the parties remained deadlocked.
NOIDA’s position is that allotment letters barred transfer without prior permission and that the original allotments were cancelled in 1998. The society says NOIDA did not act on transfer requests and that refund cheques were never encashed.
The committee will finalise the list of genuine members and subsequent purchasers entitled to flats. It may devise its own procedure, call for documents and hear claimants. NOIDA must provide secretarial and logistical support, all parties must cooperate, and the report is due within eight weeks. The matter is next listed on 2 December.
Why it matters
The case shows how unrecorded transfers of Authority allotments create long-term risk. Where an allotment letter requires prior permission to transfer, a purchaser who paid the original allottee without that permission may find the Authority does not recognise the transfer, even decades later.
Court-appointed verification by a retired judge is becoming a common tool in stalled NCR housing disputes. Claimants who cannot produce documents showing payment, membership and any transfer permission are likely to struggle before such a committee.
Practical points
- Before buying any Authority-allotted unit on resale, obtain the Authority’s transfer permission or transfer memorandum, not just an agreement with the seller.
- Preserve original receipts, membership records, bank entries and correspondence with the Authority.
- If a refund was offered on cancellation, keep evidence of whether it was accepted or encashed.
- Claimants in this matter should prepare documents for the committee within its eight-week timeline.
Sources: Bar & Bench, 2 Oct 2026; ANI, 2 Oct 2026.
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