PDP-737: Clean up the gradle home folder

[SameeraPriyathamTadikonda]

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Pull Request Overview

This PR cleans up the Gradle home folder by adding removal and cleaning operations to prevent build artifacts from previous runs from interfering with new builds.

• Adds cleanup operations to remove the Gradle user home directory and run gradle clean
• Updates shell script formatting with semicolons for better command separation
• Reorders operations to ensure clean state before copying gradle.properties

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