LUCKNOW, April 8 -- Around 200 homebuyers of Ansal API have formed the Genuine Homebuyers Association for Relief (GHAR) and registered it under the Societies Act to pursue their case in the Supreme Court after months of legal and administrative struggle. The move follows repeated visits to government offices and proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The group pooled resources to register the association and seek judicial intervention. Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan is representing the association in the Supreme Court. The petition names six respondents, including the state government, Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP Housing Board, UP Town and Country Planning department, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Limited (APIL). The matter was heard on April 6. "The Supreme Court has issued a notice in response to a writ petition filed by the Genuine Homebuyers Association against the Ansal Hi-Tech Township project in Lucknow," said Anurag Gupta, a member of the association. "After endless waiting there was no option left for us but to approach the Supreme Court. Around 250 homebuyers in Ansal API got together and formed the Genuine Homebuyers Association for Relief and got it registered under the Societies Act, 1860," added Gupta. A bench of Justices JB Paridwala and KV Vishwanath directed that the petition be tagged with the main matter related to Ansal Properties. The top court sought a response from all six relevant parties. The NCLT initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) on February 25, 2025, after APIL defaulted on loans of around Rs 257 crore from IL&FS Financial Services Limited. The NCLAT upheld the insolvency on January 7, 2026, restricting it to specific projects, including Sushant Golf City in Lucknow, select projects in Rajasthan to protect other stakeholders. An interim resolution professional (IRP) currently manages APIL's business, assets. The Ansal API group filed the 48-page bankruptcy application in the NCLT, declaring itself bankrupt in February 2025. The Yogi Adityanath government challenged the order in NCLAT, also ordered First Information Reports (FIRs) against the developer across the state in districts where investors were allegedly duped. The group operates in National Capital Region (NCR), Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, U.P's Lucknow, Agra, Meerut, Jhansi, several other districts. The high-tech township, approved May 21, 2005, on 1,765 acres at Sultanpur road, underwent multiple expansions. The project expanded to 3,530 acres on June 3, 2009; further to 6,465 acres on December 13, 2013. Under the new township policy, the state cut it down to 4,689.79 acres on December 16, 2021. Its detailed project report (DPR) was approved September 27, 2022; handed over April 13, 2023. However, the developer allegedly failed to carry out development work. The FIR filed by the LDA in March 2025 alleged the developer illegally sold mortgaged land, did not execute development work, sold plots without permission. Around 411 acres were mortgaged with the LDA. The matter is tentatively scheduled for hearing in the Supreme Court on April 17....