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Bengaluru-based realty firm Sobha Ltd on Friday reported a 36 per cent growth in its sales bookings to Rs 1,424.7 crore for the quarter ended December 2022 on strong revival in demand. In a regulatory filing, Sobha Ltd informed that its sales bookings stood at Rs 1,047.5 crore in the year-ago period. Sobha Ltd achieved highest-ever quarterly sales bookings in the December quarter in terms of both volume and value. The average price realisation improved to Rs 9,650 per square feet, up 21.9 per cent from the corresponding quarter of last year. Achieved highest-ever quarterly sales volume of 1.47 million square feet, with an increase of 11.6 per cent compared to the previous year. During April-December period of this fiscal, Sobha Ltd's sales bookings rose to Rs 3,734.4 crore from Rs 2,760.6 crore a year ago. In the first nine months of this fiscal, the company achieved total sale of 4.17 million square feet, an increase of 16.9 per cent over the preceding year. The average price .
Markets regulator Sebi has disposed of the adjudication proceedings against realty firm Sobha Ltd and four individuals following settlement in a case pertaining to alleged fraudulent trading and disclosure lapses. A settlement amount of Rs 2,92,50,000 has been paid by the four individuals. Among others, it was alleged that Sobha Ltd had misrepresented the receivables for the construction of residence of one D K Shivakumar (DKS) and misreported service tax/GST dues of the individual in three financial years -- 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. There was also the allegation about non-disclosure of change in accounting policy for the same during the said period, according to a settlement order passed by Sebi on Monday. Apart from Sobha Ltd, the proceedings were initiated against the company's Chairman and Executive Director Ravi Puthan Naduvakkat Chentha Maraksha Menon (noticee 2) and three others -- Jagdish Chandra Sharma (noticee 3), Ramakrishnan Prabhakaran (noticee 4) and Subhash Moha