new delhi competition watchdog cci has dismissed the charges of abuse of dominant market position against real estate company supertech for residential flats in noida and greater noida in an order dated may 31 competition commission of india cci said that supertech prima facie does not appear to be in a dominant position in the relevant market there seems to be no question of abuse of its dominant position within the meaning of the provisions of the competition act according to cci the relevant market in this case was services for development and sale of residential apartments in the region of noida and greater noida in a complaint against supertech an individual had alleged that the company being a dominant player in noida region had abused its position by cancelling his allotted apartment without any reasonable basis it was alleged that the realestate company having control on the flats had arbitrarily malafidely wrongly deliberately and intentionally cancelled the allotment of the flat to the consumers the complainant had booked a residential flat in greater noida to be constructed by supertech as per the complaint following a dispute between supertech and the farmers and its subsequent resolution the price escalation over the period of time led to an increase in the construction price for supertech in noida thereafter the complaint alleged that supertech abused its dominant position to deprive the original allottees of the flats at the price duly agreed between them it said that in order to achieve this motive supertech had arbitrarily and mischievously issued a letter to the complainant for cancellation of the flat moreover the complainant had alleged the company of colluding with other real estate firms so that the cancelled flats could be resold to new buyers at higher prices however cci has said the allegation that supertech colluded with other companies seems to be misconceived as the real estate enterprises including the opposite partysupertech were not shown to have agreedcolluded to adopt similar practice of cancelling prior allotments with the objective to fetch higher prices it also noted that the presence of other builders in the region negates the contention that any of the consumers were dependent on supertech to purchase an apartment presence of other builders of repute also shows prevalence of competition it added