The Official Liquidator Of Modistone Ltd. (In Liquidation) v. Board Of Industrial And Financial Reconstruction (Petitioner)
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR'S REPORT NO.12 OF 2024 IN COMPANY PETITION NO.166 OF 2002 In the matter of Companies Act, and In the matter of M/s. Modistone Limited (In Liquidation) Board of Industrial & Financial Reconstruction ...
Petitioner - - - Mr. Mutahhar Khan for Official Liquidator.
Mr. Chandan Kumar, Official Liquidator.
Mr. Rajdeep Lahiri i/b. Mr. Pramod M. Tambe for Modistone Kamgar Samiti. Mr. Anoushak Daver a/w. Mr. Aruj Dhingra for Ms. V. K. Modi, Secured Creditor in OLR.
Mr. Ashish Kamat, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Mohit Khanna i/b. Khaitan & Khaitan for Applicant in IAL/23239/2022.
CORAM : MANISH PITALE, J.
DATE : FEBRUARY 02, 2024 P.C. :
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By this OLR, the official liquidator is seeking specific directions in the light of compliances of directions issued by this Court in the order dated 12.10.2022.
2.
By the said order, this Court had issued the following directions:- "
ORDER
(i) The Application stands allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). (ii) The Official Liquidator shall re-adjudicate the claims of the workmen in the light of the judgement of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Modistone (supra) dated 2nd March, 2001 and the factors which bear upon such adjudication, in accordance with law, within a period of 8 weeks from the date of uploading of this order. MINAL SANDIP PARAB by MINAL SANDIP PARAB Date: 2024.02.03 11:44:07 +0530 (iii) The Official Liquidator is permitted to appoint 1/2
5_OLR12_24.doc M/s.Bhupendra G. Fafadia and Co. Chartered Accountants, or any other suitable empanelled Chartered Accountant, to assist the Official Liquidator in re-adjudicating the claims of the workmen.
(iv) The remuneration to be paid to the Chartered Accountant/s shall be part of the liquidation expenses.
(v) The Application stands disposed.
(vi) Liberty to the Applicants in IA 887 of 2020 and IAL 4151 of 2020 to circulate the said Interim Applications after the Official Liquidator re-adjudicate the claims of the workmen."
3.
It is brought to the notice of this Court that the directions issued by this Court were carried out and claims of workers were readjudicated. The directions sought in the present OLR are only consequential to the said exercise being carried out. 4.
One of the directions sought in the OLR pertains to a permission to issue notice of recovery to 250 workers to whom, as per readjudication of claims, additional amounts were disbursed. The learned counsel appearing for the workers submits that he may be given an opportunity to respond to the present OLR on the question as to whether such recovery notices can be issued.
5.
This Court is of the opinion that since the official liquidator is seeking permission only for issuance of recovery notices, the workers could very well respond to the same and they would not suffer any prejudice merely on recovery notices being issued. 6.
As the present OLR seeks consequential directions, the same deserves to be granted. Accordingly, the OLR is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) to (f).
7.
The OLR is disposed of.
(MANISH PITALE, J.) 2/2 Minal Parab