New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Supreme Court has appointed a former Allahabad High Court judge to head a single-member committee tasked with identifying genuine members of a Noida housing society and determining their eligibility for flats, as a dispute over allotments dating back more than three decades remains unresolved despite a 2022 verdict intended to settle the matter.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana appointed Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena to the independent committee, invoking its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure that the benefits of its earlier judgment reach the rightful claimants of the Kendriya Karamchari Sahkari Grih Nirman Samiti.

The commit...