The notice was issued on December 23. "If DLF fails to pay, it will be a violation of the lease deed," said Kumar Sanjay, the officer on special duty with the Noida authority. A DLF spokesperson said: "We have not received the notice yet. Once we get it, we will review it." Reddy had bought this land in April 1997 from local farmers and later the Noida authority acquired it from him.