INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
buyers of Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL) are urging the government to intervene in the resolution process of the bankrupt realty firm in
support of NBCC's bid, the public sector construction major, according to sources, is no more interested in acquiring JIL and its stalled
projects.After the latest round of voting, whereby NBCC's bid was rejected as the banks led by IDBI Bank voted against it, the management
in the state-run company is not enthusiastic about moving ahead on that front as there is no "possible chance of unanimity among the home
buyers and the banks," sources said."Such are the differences that, if the banks are 'north pole', homebuyers are 's outh pole'
The only possible way forward for Jaypee seems to be liquidation," said an NBCC official."We are not aggressive
If we were aggressive, our lawyer would have been there at the NCLAT now," the official added.Further, change in guard at the 'Navratna'
was known to be bullish with his intention to acquire JIL, relinquished his office in March 2019 after the government denied extension of
his service till his date of superannuation in January 2020.Another bureaucrat, Shiv Das Meena, assumed the office of chairman-cum-managing
director, NBCC (India), with effect from April 5, 2019.Homebuyers, on the other hand, have off late protested and written letters to the
Prime Minister, Finance Minister and the Housing and Urban Affairs Minister asking the government to direct the IDBI Bank to accept the NBCC
bid.The bid to acquire the insolvent JIL was put to vote from May 31 to June 10 and a majority of the lenders, led by IDBI Bank, voted
against the bid on the grounds that it was conditional
Homebuyers, however, were in favour of the bid.The NBCC's bid seeks the cancellation of an estimated income tax liability of Rs 33,000
crore due over a period of 30 years under the concession agreement for the transfer of land from the Yamuna Expressway Industrial
interest in acquiring Jaypee Infratech's assets, earlier this week said that it would complete the stalled projects in four years' time if
it is allowed to take over JIL
This is the second time Adani group has shown interest in acquiring the insolvent company.In the committee of creditors' (CoC) meeting on
June 20, the offer was discussed and it was decided that resolution professional (RP) Anuj Jain would inquire from AIDPL about the
completion timeline.The CoC is likely to issue fresh expressions of interest (EoI) for JIL after the National Company Law Appellate
Tribunal's (NCLAT) hearing on the IDBI Bank's plea over NBCC bid on July 2.Get Breaking news, live coverage, and Latest News from India
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