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Billionaire Gautam Adanis Group mining magnate Anil Agarwals Vedanta and Dalmia Bharat Cement have submitted resolution plans to acquire Jaiprakash Associates through the insolvency process according to a PTI report. The sources further revealed that Mumbai-based Suraksha Group which previously acquired Jaypee Infratech has also placed a bid. Meanwhile Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved despite expressing initial interest has not submitted a resolution plan. Earlier this month lenders of JAL extended the deadline for submission of resolution plans to June 24 on request of prospective bidders. JAL -- which has business interests spanning real estate cement manufacturing hospitality and engineering & construction -- was admitted into the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) through the National Company Law Tribunal Allahabad Bench order dated June 3 2024. According to sources Adani group firm Adani Enterprises Vedanta Jaypee Infratech and Dalmia Bharat Cement have submitted their resolution plans for JAL. Other companies which submitted EOIs in April included Torrent Power GMR Business & Consultancy LLP Jindal India Power Jindal Power Ltd Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd PNC Infratech and Oberoi Realty. Authum Investment & Infrastructure; Consortium of Winro Commercial (India) and Parakh Advisors; Dickey Asset Management; India Opportunities XII Investments; J C Flowers Asset Reconstruction; Jaithari Thermal Power; Jakson Ltd; Oriental Structural Engineers; Paschim Sagar Properties; Rashmi Metaliks; Sherisha Technologies; Sigma Corporation (India) Ltd; and Winchain Infrastructures also showed initial interest. JAL was taken to insolvency proceedings after the conglomerate defaulted on payment of loans. Creditors are claiming a total of a staggering Rs 57185 crore. The National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL) leads the list of claimants after acquiring the stressed JAL loans from a consortium of lenders headed by the State Bank of India (SBI). JAL has major real estate projects like Jaypee Greens in Greater Noida a part of Jaypee Greens Wishtown in Noida (both on the outskirts of the national capital) and Jaypee International Sports City strategically located near the upcoming Jewar International Airport. It also has three commercial/industrial office spaces in Delhi-NCR while its hotel division has five properties in Delhi-NCR Mussoorie and Agra. JAL has four cement plants in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and a few leased limestone mines in Madhya Pradesh. The cement plants however are non-operational. It also has investments in subsidiaries including Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd Yamuna Expressway Tolling Ltd Jaypee Infrastructure Development Ltd and several other companies. Jaypee Groups Jaypee Infratech has already been acquired by Mumbai-based Suraksha Group through an insolvency process. Suraksha Group has to complete various stalled projects comprising around 20000 apartments in Noida and Greater Noida.  (With Inputs From PTI)