The Supreme Court will hear on December 9 the first set of cases pertaining to the pending Sports City projects in Gautam Buddh Nagar facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.
The high court had also directed the CBI to examine the alleged collusion with the officials of Noida Authority, the land owning authority. The top court will start the hearing with the Lotus Green Sports City projects in sector 150 (SC-02). The court directed the petitions for Logix Sports City (SC-01, Sector 150) to be heard on December 16, while the third batch of petitions for Three C Green Sports City (Sectors 78 and 79) will be taken up on January 20. In their plea, residents and developers challenged a February 24, 2025, judgment of the Allahabad High Court ordering a CBI probe against alleged irregularities in the allotment of the Sports City projects in sectors 78, 79 and 150.
It further said that, following the court’s order of November 2025 requiring submission of revised Master Plan by the builders, Lotus Green Constructions Private Limited, had submitted a revised layout plan. This plan was approved by the 222nd Noida Authority board meeting in April 2026 and notified on May 6. The application by homebuyers said, “The revised layout plan dated May 6 for the Sports City project is much worse than even the earlier revised master layout plan of 2017. It was on these illegalities, the high court passed scathing observations while directing the CBI to register a case and investigate how nearly 15,000 homebuyers were cheated of their hard-earned investments.
Prior to sanction of the revised layout plan, Noida Authority issued public notice in February this year inviting objections. However, homebuyers of Lotus Green Sports City project have filed an intervention application in the top court objecting to the revised plan.
During the hearing into the matter, the Supreme Court bench was informed by CBI that a “prima facie” case has been established and the agency requested the court to lift the stay on coercive action issued by the court last year to enable further investigation. In its affidavit to the court, the Noida Authority said the revised Resolution Plan for the sector 150 Sports City project, “facilitating” its development and “safeguarding the interests of thousands of homebuyers who have invested therein”.
