Ravindra Kumar Mishra & ORS. v. Union Of India & ANR.
$~49 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 22nd March, 2021 + RAVINDRA KUMAR MISHRA & ORS.
..... Petitioners Through:
Ms. Bhawna Piplani, Advocate.
versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR.
..... Respondents Through:
Ms. Saroj Bidawat, Sr. Panel Counsel for UOI. (M:9810340866)
CORAM:
JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH Prathiba M. Singh, J.(Oral) CM APPL.11271/2021 (for exemption) 1.
Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 3730/2021 & CM APPL.11270/2021 (for stay) 2.
The Petitioners are Directors in the companies as listed below in the following tables.
i. Petitioner No. 1 is a Director in the following companies: CIN/FCRN Company/LLP Name Date Directorship Status U45204DL2011PTC215365 ARK STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED 08/03/2011 STRIKE-OFF U45201UP2013PTC061524 SARAN ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED 26/12/2013 STRIKE-OFF U70102DL2014PTC272972 SARAN PROMOTERS AND DEVELOPERS 07/11/2014 STRIKE-OFF
PRIVATE LIMITED U36900DL2013PTC249834 SSPK BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED 26/03/2013 STRIKE-OFF ii. Petitioner No. 2 is a Director in the following companies: CIN/FCRN Company/LLP Name Date Directorship Status U45204DL2011PTC215365 ARK STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED 08/03/2011 STRIKE-OFF U45201UP2013PTC061524 SARAN ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED 26/12/2013 STRIKE-OFF U70102DL2014PTC272972 SARAN PROMOTERS AND DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED 07/11/2014 STRIKE-OFF iii. Petitioner No. 3 is a Director in the following company: CIN/FCRN Company/LLP Name Date Directorship Status U45204DL2011PTC215365 ARK STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED 08/03/2011 STRIKE-OFF 3.
M/s. ARK Structural Technologies Private Limited was struck off from the Register of Companies due to non-filing of balance sheets and annual returns. The said company had approached the National Company Law Tribunal (hereinafter "NCLT") and vide order dated 23rd December, 2020 by
the NCLT, the company has been restored in the following terms: "11. In view of the above, the Appeal is allowed subject to payment cost Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand only) to the credit of Ministry Corporate Affairs (Registrar Companies, Delhi & Haryana), the proof of which will be furnished by the Appellant to the Registry of this Tribunal within 15 days of this order.
The Registrar of this Tribunal shall maintain the information about such deposits in a separate E-register.
12.
The restoration of the Appellant Company's name in the Register will be subject to their filing of all outstanding financial statements for the defaulting years as required by law and completion of all formalities including payment of any late fee or other charges, which are leviable by the RoC for the late filing of statutory returns. Compliance of this order for restoration shall be made by the RoC with all its consequential effects within one week of all compliances made by the Appellant. The name of the Appellant Company shall then stand restored in the Register of the Registrar of Companies (RoC), as if its name of the Company had not been struck off."
4.
Ld. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner wishes to file the compliances in respect of this company and prays that the disqualification of the Petitioners under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 may be set aside.
5.
In view of the fact that restoration of the company has taken place on 23rd December, 2020 already, the company would be entitled to avail of the Condonation of Delay Scheme for Companies restored by NCLT between 1st December, 2020 to 31st December, 2020 under Section 252 of the Companies
Act, 2013 and file all the requisite documents of compliances. The said Scheme was brought about on 15th January by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular No. 03/2021, and has been in operation since 1st February, 2021 and will be available for filing of over-due returns of companies till 31st March, 2021.
6.
Considering the fact that the NCLT has already restored the company, the disqualification of the Petitioners is set aside and the Petitioners' DINs/DSCs are directed to be re-activated within a period of one week from the date when the present order is communicated by email to the Registrar of Companies by the Petitioner.
7.
The petition along with all pending applications is disposed of in the above terms.
PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGE MARCH 22, 2021/dk/Ap