noida the allahabad high court has sought a response from the noida authority on why it had decided to initiate action against the developer for failing to complete sports city in time when it was yet to be allotted the entire land required for the projectthe bench of justices ashwani kumar mishra and vinod diwakar also asked the authority ceo ritu maheshwari to explain why it had invited bids for the project even before land was acquired she also has to inform the court what steps the authority was taking to make the remaining land available for the project as the government is involved in land acquisition a senior official not below the rank of a special secretary has to file a reply also on the states behalfin the event noida authority intended to establish sports city it ought to have taken necessary steps for providing the land promised for the project prima facie we do not approve the action of the noida authority in proceeding with the scheme without acquiring rights over it and failing to provide land for the project even after several years the court observed on april 3 the bench said it found some substance in the petitioners contention the project could not be developed unless the entire land parcel was available since sufficient time has lapsed and investments have been invited by the respondent authority it is expected to come up with a definite stand in the matter and disclose as to how it proposes to deal with the situation it addedthe court was hearing a petition filed last year by ats homes which has been selected as the lead developer for constructing an internationallevel cricket stadium and the sports city in sector 52 the project is supposed to come up on 125 acres but the developer is yet to get possession of about 25 acresats alleged that though the layout of the cricket stadium was approved in november 2016 its construction could not be completed because of the lack of land the land where the cricket pitch is supposed to come up is also not acquiredthe authority accused the developer of violating the deal ats was supposed to build the cricket stadium in five years and the residential and commercial facilities in seven years when the authority threatened action against ats for failing to complete the project in time the developer moved courtin its petition ats sought an order to the authority to make the remaining land available within a stipulated time and free it from encroachments it also said that the authority should grant the developer zero period with the exemption of lease rent and other associated interests till the entire land was handed overin a counteraffidavit filed by the authority the ceo said that the project had indeed violated deadlines but also admitted that vast parcels of land within the earmarked area were yet to be acquiredit added that it had written to the government several times to acquire the