JUDGMENT :

S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

1. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (hereafter “MCGM”) appeals under Section 62 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (hereafter “IBC” or “the Code”) against the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (hereafter variously “NCLAT” and “the Appellate Tribunal”), rejecting its plea with respect to a resolution plan approved by the National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”) under the provisions of that Code.

2. MCGM owns inter alia, Plot Nos. 1551-56, 162 and 168 (all plots hereafter called “the lands”) in village Marol, Andheri (East) Mumbai. By a contract (dated 20th December, 2005) SevenHills Healthcare (P.) Ltd. (the company facing insolvency proceedings, hereafter “SevenHills”) agreed to develop these lands (which were to be leased to it for 30 years) and construct a 1500 bed hospital. MCGM stipulated several conditions, including that 20% of the beds had to be reserved for use by the economically deprived, and that SevenHills had to complete the construction in 60 months (excluding monsoons). The sixty-month period ended on 24th April, 2013; the project however, was not completed. In terms of Clause 15(g), the lease deed had