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    Dinesh Mittal

    & Oths.

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    Triveni

    I nfrastructure

    Development

    Company

    Limited

    Respondents

    Place

    -New

    Delhi

    Date

    -

    15

    th May

    2013

    .

    C&ASolutions

    (Sanjay

    S.

    Chtiabra

    &

    Alok Agarwal

    )

    Counsels for

    the respondents

    .

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    Extensions

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    INDEX

    Sr

    No.

    Particulars

    Page No.

    1

    Reply

    on

    Behalf of

    ex

    management

    of

    triveni

    infrastructure

    development

    Company Limited, for

    which

    provisional

    Liquidator has

    been

    appointed

    vide

    order dated 17.10,12

    to

    the application

    under

    Rule

    9

    of

    Company court Rule

    1959,

    ,read

    with

    section

    151

    CPC for

    directions

    Filed

    by Zion

    promoters

    &

    Developers

    Pvt.

    Ltd.

    1---22

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    THE

    MATTER

    OF:

    Dinesh

    Mittal

    &

    Oths.

    Petitioners

    Vs

    Triveni

    Infrastructure

    Development

    Company

    Limited

    Respondents

    Replv

    gq

    ,Beh,alf

    of ex

    ,mpnaqement

    of

    triv.eni

    inffegt':ucture

    dgvelopnlent

    9omp?ny

    Limited.,

    for

    Whiqh

    provisionat

    Liqu.id?tor

    has

    be--en

    appointeC

    -vid.e

    order

    dateC

    17.10.1?

    to

    thg

    application

    undgr

    Rule

    9

    of

    companv

    court

    Rule

    19s9.

    ,read

    with

    sgction

    1s1

    Qpc

    fo_r

    directions

    Filed

    bv

    Zion

    promoterF

    & Devetopers

    pvt.

    L,td.

    MOqT

    RESPECTFULLy

    SHOWETH

    Pieliminarv

    Obiection :-

    1.

    That

    the applicant

    is

    not

    a

    party

    and

    stranger

    to

    present

    company

    petition

    and

    such

    has

    no

    locus

    standi

    to file

    the

    present

    application.

    The

    present

    application

    is liable

    to be dismissed

    on this

    ground

    alone.

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    2,

    That the relief

    sought

    in

    the

    present

    application

    is

    untenable

    in

    Law and

    misconceived

    .The

    applicant by the

    way

    of

    present

    application is indirectly

    seeking

    specific

    performances

    of

    an Unregistered

    Agreement dated

    19.12

    .2A07. Without

    prejudice

    to the

    fact

    that the said

    Agreement

    does

    not

    transfer and convey

    any

    right,

    title & lnterest

    in

    the immovable

    property

    owned

    by

    the Cbmpany but only

    Grants

    right

    to

    the applicant

    for

    constructing

    and developing

    300000

    sq.ft.

    on

    portion

    of

    the

    Land

    that

    comprises

    Triveni

    Galaxy

    Project. The land is owned

    by

    TIDCO.

    lt

    has

    License in

    its

    favor

    to

    develop Group

    Housing

    projects.

    Any action for the

    specific

    performances

    of

    the

    Agreement dated

    19.12

    .2407.

    is barred

    by

    limitation

    and cannot be secured

    in

    a clandestine

    manner

    by way

    of

    present

    application.

    Further Honorable

    Supreme

    Court

    of

    lndia

    in

    Suraj

    Lamp & lndustries

    Pvt.

    Ltd.

    Vs.

    State of Haryana

    &

    Anr.

    (2011

    STPL(WEB)

    879

    SC) held

    that-

    11 ...ttis fhus

    clear

    that

    a

    transfer

    of a immovable

    property

    by

    the

    way

    of

    sale can only be by Deed of

    Conveyance

    (sa/e

    deed).

    ln

    The

    absence

    of deed of conveyance

    (duty

    Stamped

    &

    registered

    as required by

    Law) no

    right,

    Title

    or

    interest

    in

    an immovable

    property

    can be

    Transferred.

    1 . We

    therefore reiterate that

    immovable

    property

    can legatty

    and

    tawfulty

    be transferred/Conveyed

    only by

    a

    registered deed of Conveyance.

    Transaction

    of

    the nature of

    GPA

    sa/es or

    SNGPA/WILL

    transfers

    do

    not

    convey

    titte and

    do

    not amount

    to transfer,

    nor they can

    be recognized

    or valid mode of

    transfer of immovable

    property.......

    3.

    The Section5 &

    Section

    54

    of

    Transfer of

    property

    Act

    1882, define

    transfer of

    property

    and

    sale

    respectively.

    The

    said relevant

    provisions

    are

    reproduced hereunder

    for

    ready

    reference of

    the

    Honorable

    Court-----

    Section

    5-

    Transfer

    of

    property

    Defined:--

    ln

    the

    Following

    section

    Transfer

    of

    property'

    means an

    Act by

    which

    a

    living

    person

    ,conveys

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    property,

    in

    present

    or

    in

    future,

    to

    one

    or more

    living

    person's,

    or

    to himself

    and

    one

    or

    more

    other living

    person,

    and

    to'

    transfer

    property'

    is

    to

    perform

    such

    act.

    [ln

    this

    Section

    a Living

    person

    includes

    a

    Company

    or

    association

    or

    Body

    of

    individuals,

    whether

    incorporated or not, but nothing

    contained

    herein

    shall

    affect

    any

    Law

    for

    the

    time

    being

    in

    force relating

    to

    transfer

    of

    property

    to

    or

    by

    'Companies

    or

    association

    ,

    or Body

    of lndividuals]

    54 Sale

    defined-

    sale is

    a Transfer

    of

    ownership

    in

    exchange

    for

    which

    a

    price

    paid

    or

    promised

    or

    part- paid

    and

    part-

    promised.

    sale

    How

    made--

    Such transfer,

    in

    the case

    of

    tangible

    immovable

    property

    of

    the

    value of one

    hundred rupees or upward, or

    in

    the

    case of

    reversion

    or

    other intangible

    thing

    can

    be

    made

    only

    by

    a

    registered

    instrument.

    4.

    TheSection

    27

    of lndian

    StampAct,

    1889,

    cast upon

    the

    party,

    liableto

    pay

    stamp

    duty,

    an obligation

    to set forth

    in

    the instrument,

    or

    facts

    and

    circumstances

    which

    affect

    the

    chargeability

    of

    duty

    on that

    instrument.

    Article

    23

    describes

    Stamp

    Duty

    or

    conveyance.

    5.

    The

    Section

    17

    of Registration

    Act

    1g0g,

    which

    makes

    a

    Deed

    of

    conveyance

    compulsory

    registrable,

    is

    extracted

    below

    for

    ready

    reference

    of

    Honorable

    Court-

    section

    17-Documents

    for

    which

    Regisfra

    tion

    is

    computsory

    1 The

    following

    documenfs

    sha//

    be

    Regrs

    tered

    namely

    ;-

    xxxxxxxxxx

    b.

    Other

    non testamentary

    instruments

    which

    purport

    or

    operate

    to

    create,

    declare

    or

    assign,

    limit

    or

    extinguish

    in

    the

    present

    or in

    the future,

    any

    right,

    title

    &

    lnterest,

    whether

    vested

    or

    contingent

    of

    the

    value

    of

    the

    one

    hundred

    rupees

    and

    upward

    to

    or

    in

    immovable properly.

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    xxxxxxxxxxx

    (1A)

    The

    documents

    containing

    contract

    to

    transfer

    for

    consideration

    ,any

    immoveable

    property

    for

    the Section

    53

    A

    of

    The Transfer

    Of

    Property

    Act

    1882,(4

    of 1882)

    shall

    be registered if

    they have been

    executed

    on or after

    the

    Registration

    or

    other

    related

    Laws

    (Amendment

    Act

    )2001

    and if such

    documents

    are not

    registered

    on

    or

    after such

    commencement

    ,

    than they

    shatt

    have no

    effect

    for

    the

    purpose

    of said

    Section

    53A.

    The

    object and benefit of

    registration

    has been repeatedly

    explained

    by

    the

    Honorable

    Supreme court

    of

    lndia

    in catena

    of

    Judgments'

    and an

    extract

    of the

    judgments

    is

    reproduced

    hereunder for

    the

    ready reference

    of the

    honorable

    Court:-

    The

    Registration

    Act

    1908

    ,

    was

    enacted with the intention

    of

    providing

    orderliness, discrp

    line

    and

    public

    order in regard

    to

    transaction

    relating

    to

    immovable

    property

    and

    protection

    from

    fraud,

    and forgery

    of

    documenfs

    of

    transfer

    .This

    is achieved

    by compulsory registration

    of certain type of

    documents

    (other

    than testamentary

    instruments)

    which

    purports

    or

    operate to

    create, declare

    or

    assign,

    limit or

    extinguish

    whether

    in

    present

    or

    in

    future

    'any

    right,

    title

    or interest'

    whether vested

    or

    contingent

    of

    the

    value

    of Rs. 100

    or

    upwards

    to or

    in immovable

    property.

    Section

    49 of

    the

    said act

    provides

    that no document required

    by

    section

    17

    to be registered,

    shall affect

    and

    immovable

    property,

    comprised

    therein or

    received

    as

    evidence of transaction

    affected such

    property,

    unless it

    has been

    registered

    registration of

    a

    document

    gives

    notice

    to

    the

    world

    that such a

    documenf

    has been

    executed. Registration

    provides

    safety

    security to

    the transactions

    relating

    to immovable

    property,

    even

    if

    documents

    are

    lost

    or destroyed..

    lt

    gives

    publicity

    public

    exposure

    to

    documenfs

    thereby

    preventing

    forgeries

    and

    fraud

    in

    regards

    to

    transactions

    and

    execution

    of

    documenfs. Registration

    provides

    information

    to the

    people

    who

    may deal

    with

    the

    property,

    as fo nature and extent

    of the rights,

    which

    person

    may

    have, affecting

    the

    property

    ln other

    words it

    enables

    people

    to find out

    whether

    any

    particular

    property

    with which

    they are

    contcerned, has

    been

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    subiected

    to legal

    obligations

    or

    liability

    and

    whois

    or

    are

    the

    person/s

    presently

    have

    the

    right,

    title

    &

    interest

    in

    the

    property,

    it

    gives

    solemnity

    of

    form

    and

    perpetuates

    documents,

    which

    are

    of

    legal

    importance

    or

    relevance

    by recording

    them,

    where

    people

    may

    see

    the

    record

    and

    enquire

    and

    ascertain what

    the

    particulars

    are and

    as far

    as land

    is

    concerned what

    obligations

    exrsf with

    regard

    to

    it.

    lt

    ensure that

    every

    person

    dealing

    with immovable

    property

    can

    rely

    with

    confidence

    upon

    the

    statement

    contained

    in

    the

    register

    (maintained

    under

    this

    Act)as

    a futt

    &

    complete

    account of

    att transactions

    by

    which

    the titte

    of the

    property

    may

    be

    affected and

    secure

    extracts/copies

    duly

    certified

    6. That

    the Agreement

    dated 1911212007

    is

    unregistered

    on

    which

    stamp

    duty

    of

    Rs.100l

    has

    been

    paid

    and not

    as

    prescribed

    on conveyance.

    As

    per

    the scope

    of

    the

    agreement,

    TIDCo

    has

    agreed

    to

    grant,

    convey

    transfer

    to the

    applicant

    all their

    rights,

    title

    & interest

    in

    the

    construction

    of

    300000

    sq.

    ft.

    to

    be

    constructed

    on the

    portion

    of

    the Licensed

    land

    owned

    by

    the

    Company

    TIDCO

    has neither

    agreed

    nor

    transferred

    ,

    their

    right

    ,

    title

    or interest in

    the

    land

    on which

    the

    construction

    of

    300000sq.ft.was

    agreed

    to

    be

    raised

    by the

    applicant

    under

    the

    agreement,

    The

    agreement

    is

    for

    development

    / construction

    of flats/units

    on

    a

    portion

    of

    land

    with

    permission

    to

    sell

    the said

    constructed

    flats

    on

    completion.

    7,

    That

    the applicant

    has

    not

    fulfilled

    this

    agreement

    dated

    19.12,2007.The

    applicant

    has

    not

    completed

    the construction.

    The

    applicant

    has

    not

    paid

    his share

    of enhanced

    external

    & internal

    charges with

    the

    authorities

    as

    envisaged

    in

    the

    Clause

    3.10

    in the

    agreement.

    8. The

    applicant

    has

    not

    carried out

    the

    construction

    of

    EWS

    flats

    and other

    prerequisite

    for

    grant

    of License.

    Due

    to non

    construction

    of EWS flats

    the

    project

    will

    not

    be

    given

    Completion

    certificate.

    The

    non

    applicant

    have

    already

    communicated

    to the

    applicant

    that

    due

    to winding

    up

    petition

    pending

    against

    the

    company and

    the

    order

    passed

    on

    17.10.2012,

    the

    company will

    not

    be able

    to fulfill its

    obligations

    under

    the Agreement

    and

    the

    agreement

    stands

    frustrated

    and cancelled

    by reason

    of

    force

    majeure

    aS

    stipulated

    in

    Clause 13

    of

    the Agreement.

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    9'

    That

    in

    the

    event

    the

    applicant

    had

    grievances

    and

    was

    aggrieved

    by

    the

    said

    communication

    by

    the

    non

    applicant,

    the

    applicant

    is

    free

    to

    invoke

    Arbitration

    as

    provided

    under

    the

    Agreement

    for

    resolution

    of

    Disputes.

    l6e

    applicant instead

    of

    invoking Arbitration as

    agreed

    legal

    recourse

    available

    to

    the

    applicant

    in

    the

    event

    of

    any

    dispute

    arising

    including

    non

    performance

    of

    the

    obligations

    by

    any

    of

    the

    parties,

    the

    a[plicant

    surreptitiously

    has

    fired

    the

    present

    apprication

    to

    secure

    specific

    performance

    of

    a

    unregistered

    and

    unstamped

    Agreement,

    which

    even

    othenrvise

    does

    not

    convey

    any

    right,

    title

    or interest

    in

    the

    immovable

    property

    in

    favor

    of

    the

    applicant.

    The

    applicant

    in

    the

    garb

    of

    the

    present

    application

    is

    trying

    to

    grab

    and

    usurp

    the

    portion

    of

    Land, possession

    whereof

    was

    derivered

    to the

    appricant

    for deveropment purpose. The

    applicant

    is

    claiming

    ownership

    right

    in

    land

    which

    has

    never

    been

    transferred

    or

    conveyed

    in

    favor

    of

    the

    applicant

    by

    the

    company.

    Besides

    such

    ownership

    rights

    of

    the

    land

    are

    not

    transferrable

    by

    unregistered,

    unstamped

    Agreement

    dated

    19.12.2007

    which

    has

    not

    even

    been

    described

    as

    Agreement

    to

    sell .

    The

    Honorable

    High

    court

    of

    Fombay

    in

    Crest

    Hotel

    Ltd.

    Vs

    Assistant

    Superintendent

    of

    Stamp

    (AlR1g9a

    Bom

    228) had

    taid

    down

    that

    the

    ownership

    witl

    always

    re-main

    with

    the

    seller

    and

    will

    be

    transferred

    to

    the

    buyer only on

    execution

    of

    the

    sale

    deed

    by

    the

    sellef'.

    10'

    That

    from

    the

    aforesaid

    provisions

    it

    is

    clear

    that

    the

    Agreement

    per

    se

    does

    not,

    of

    itself,

    create

    any

    interest

    or

    charge

    in

    the

    property.

    The

    transfer

    of

    the

    immovabre

    property

    can

    onry

    be

    by

    the

    way

    of

    Deed

    of

    Conveyance'

    ln

    the

    absence

    of

    Deed

    of

    conveyance

    duly

    registered

    and

    stamped

    as

    required

    by

    the

    law

    grants

    no

    right,

    tile

    or

    interest

    in

    the

    immovable

    property

    The

    agreement

    enforced

    by

    the applicant

    in the

    present

    proceedings

    is

    not

    a

    agreement/contract

    for

    the

    sare

    of

    an

    immovable

    property.

    It

    does

    not

    confer

    any

    right,

    Tiile

    or

    interest

    nor

    transfer

    the

    immovabre

    property,

    It

    is

    an

    ,gr *runt

    granting

    permission

    to

    the

    applicant

    to

    carry

    out

    construction

    and

    development

    in

    the

    Land

    owned

    by

    the

    Company,

    with

    the

    permission

    that

    during

    construction

    and/or

    the

    completion

    of

    construction,

    the

    applicant

    can

    offer

    the

    constructed

    unit

    to

    a

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    third

    party.

    Since

    now

    the ownership

    of

    the

    land now vests with

    the

    office of

    the

    Official Liquidator and has been directed

    by

    the division

    bench

    of

    the

    Honorable Delhi high

    court, the agreement

    stands

    frustrated

    by

    operation

    of

    law

    since

    the

    applicant

    is

    prevented

    in

    law

    to transfer the construction

    in

    favor

    of

    third

    party

    with a

    proportionate land

    underneath.

    However the

    applicant

    is

    entitled to submit their

    claim

    with

    the Official

    liquidator and

    the

    relief sought

    in

    the

    application

    for

    the

    facts

    and

    circumstances

    cannot

    be

    considered

    or

    granted

    in favor

    of

    the

    applicant.

    Further

    honorable High

    Court of

    Delhi in

    Smt.

    Sharda

    Mahajan

    Vs.

    Mapple Leaf

    Trading

    lnternational

    private

    ltd.[(2007)1 39

    Compcas

    718

    (Delhi)J

    Had held

    that when contractuat obtigations

    become

    practically

    impossible

    of

    performance

    due to

    interuening circumsfances,

    the contracf sfands

    frustrated.

    ln such cases

    the

    parties

    are

    released

    from

    their

    obligations.

    Once the

    contract is

    frustrated than

    the

    principle

    of restitution applies and

    the

    considerations

    received

    must be repaid.

    '1

    1. lt

    is

    pertinent

    to state

    here that

    the

    power

    of Attorney is not an

    instrument

    of transfer

    in regard

    to

    any

    right,

    title

    or

    interest

    in

    a

    immovable

    property.

    The

    power

    of attorney

    is a creation

    of

    agency

    whereby

    the

    Guarantor authorizes

    a

    guarantee

    to

    do

    the

    acts specific therein. Even an

    irrevocable Power

    of

    attorney does not

    have

    the

    effect

    of

    transferring

    title

    to

    the Guarantee.

    ln The

    State

    of Rajasthan

    vs. Nihata

    2005(12) SCC 77

    ,

    the Honorable

    supreme Court of

    lndia

    has held

    that

    A

    grant

    of Power of attorney

    is

    essentially

    governed

    by

    Chapter

    10

    of The Contract

    act.

    By

    ieason

    of

    a

    deed of Power of

    attorney, an

    agent

    is

    formally

    appointed to act

    for

    principle

    in

    one

    transaction

    or series

    of

    transaction

    or

    to

    manage the affair

    of

    principal

    generally

    conferring

    necessa

    ry

    authority upon another

    person.

    A Deed of Power

    of attorney

    is

    executed by

    the

    principal

    in

    favor

    of

    the

    agent.

    The

    agent

    derives

    the

    right fo

    use

    his

    name and

    allacfs,

    deed and

    things done

    by him

    and subjected to the

    limitations

    contained in the

    said

    deed, the same shall be read as

    if done

    by the donor..A

    power

    of

    attorney

    in

    terms

    of

    provision

    of the Contract Act and also

    the

    Power of attorney

    Act

    is

    valid.

    The

    power

    Of Attorney,

    we

    have noticed herein before, is

    executed

    by

    the

    donor

    so

    as to enable

    the

    done to act

    on

    his

    behalf. Except

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    in cases

    where the

    Power

    of

    Attorney

    is

    coupled with

    interest,

    it

    is

    revocable.

    The

    done

    in exercise

    of his

    power

    under

    such Power

    of attorney

    only

    acts in

    place

    of

    the donor

    subject

    to

    the

    powers

    granted

    to him

    by

    reason

    thereof

    .He

    cannof

    use the

    power

    of

    Attorney for

    his

    own

    benefit

    He

    acts

    in

    a

    fiduciary

    capacity.

    Any

    act of infidelity or

    breach of

    trust is

    a

    matter

    between

    the

    donor and

    done

    Parawise

    Reply

    1,

    That

    the content

    of

    para

    1

    in

    the

    manner

    are contrary

    to

    the

    order dated

    15.3.13.

    The application

    filed

    by

    the applicant

    before

    the

    Division

    bench

    in

    company

    appeal number

    9412012

    was

    dismissed

    as not

    entertained,

    The

    Honorable

    division

    Bench

    did

    not grant any liberty

    to the

    applicant

    to

    make

    a

    application to

    the

    Honorable

    Court. The

    contention

    of the

    applicant

    that

    the

    agreement

    is unstamped

    and

    cannot

    be

    looked

    into

    for any

    purpose

    whatsoever

    was

    specifically recorded.

    The

    agreement

    for

    the reasons

    submitted in

    preliminary

    submission

    does

    not

    convey

    any right,

    title

    or

    interest

    in

    favor

    of applicant

    in

    the immovable

    property.

    Due

    to the

    changed

    circumstances

    the agreement

    is

    frustrated

    and

    not

    enforceable

    in

    law

    much

    less

    in filing

    the

    present

    application

    under rule

    g

    in

    Company

    court

    Rule

    I

    959.

    2. lt

    is

    admitted

    that the applicant

    was

    granted

    development

    right

    to

    develop

    318618

    sq.ft.

    on

    the

    portion

    of the land

    falling

    underTriveni

    galaxy.

    The non

    applicant

    has

    not

    transferred/conveyed

    the

    ownership

    right

    on

    the

    land

    on which

    the said

    development

    work had

    to

    be

    carried

    out

    by the

    applicant.

    lt

    is

    denied

    that

    the

    applicant

    had approached

    the

    Monitoring

    Committee

    and

    the Monitoring

    Committee did not

    pass

    any

    order

    due to

    non

    availability

    of staff or

    supporl

    by TIDCO.

    The

    averments

    made

    therein

    are after

    thoughts

    to

    mislead

    and

    prejudice

    this Honorable

    Court.

    The

    Ex-

    Management

    had already

    conveyed

    to

    the

    applicant

    that

    in

    terms

    of

    the

    order

    dated

    17.10.12Lhe

    agreement

    has

    been frustrated

    and the

    applicant

    is

    free

    to

    lodge

    their claim with

    the

    Official

    Liquidator.

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    3' That

    the

    contents

    in

    Para

    3

    are

    wrong

    and

    denied.

    The

    applicant

    was

    fully

    aware

    of

    the

    winding

    up

    proceedings

    pending

    against

    the

    company

    since

    2009.

    The

    applicant

    was

    fully

    aware

    of

    the

    proceedings

    since

    the

    staff

    was

    available

    at

    the

    site

    and

    meetings

    held

    with

    the

    customers

    with

    the

    company at

    the

    site

    where the

    applicant

    was

    entrusted

    with the

    right

    to

    carry

    out

    development

    work

    The

    applicant

    was

    informed

    by

    the

    non

    applicant

    about

    passing

    of

    the

    order

    dated

    17.1A.12

    and

    its

    consequences

    and

    repercussions

    on

    the

    present

    agreement.

    lt

    was

    under

    these

    circumstances

    that

    the

    applicant

    was

    keeping

    regular

    watch

    on

    the

    proceedings

    pending

    before

    this

    honorable

    courl

    against

    the

    company,

    The

    applicant

    deliberately

    suppressed

    the

    source

    of

    information

    of

    passing

    of

    the

    order

    dated

    11.2,13.

    4.

    That

    the

    content

    in

    para

    4

    are

    wrong

    denied.

    Narendra

    Huda

    had

    no

    authority

    in

    Law

    to file

    present

    application.

    5'

    That

    the

    content

    in

    para

    5 are

    to

    mislead

    Misdirect

    the

    Honorable

    court'

    The

    applicant

    was

    fully

    aware

    and

    had

    the

    knowledge

    of

    the

    order

    dated

    17

    .10.1

    2

    passed

    by

    this

    Honorable

    court,,

    since

    specifically

    conveyed

    by

    the

    Ex

    management,.

    The

    applicant

    was

    keeping

    watch

    on

    the

    proceedings

    filed

    by

    the company

    and/or

    the ex management

    against

    the

    order

    dated

    17.10,12.

    There

    was

    no

    order

    passed

    by

    the

    Honorable

    court

    to

    arrest

    the

    ex

    management

    .There

    was

    no

    appeal preferred

    by

    ex

    management

    before

    this

    Honorable

    court

    in

    the

    order

    passed

    on

    Bail

    application

    dated

    17.10.12.The

    ex

    management

    had

    preferred

    a

    company

    appeal

    against

    the

    order

    dated

    17.10.12

    passed

    in

    the

    Company petition

    filed

    for

    winding

    up

    of

    the

    company.

    '-

    -

    6.

    That

    the content of

    para

    6 area

    matter

    of

    record

    and need

    no

    reply.

    7.

    That

    Para

    no

    T

    of

    content

    of

    the

    Agreement

    dated

    19.12.2007

    and

    13.09.2010

    entered

    into

    between

    the

    parties

    for

    carrying

    out

    development

    of

    the

    licensed

    Land

    that

    belongs

    to

    TIDCO.

    The

    applicant

    has

    reproduced

    the

    Clauses

    of

    the

    Agreement

    that

    are

    a

    matter

    of

    Record

    and

    need

    no

    reply.

    lt

    is

    vehemently

    denied

    that

    under

    the

    agreement powers

    were

    given

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    to

    the

    applicant

    to deal

    with the

    land.

    The

    applicant

    was

    entitled

    to deal

    with

    as they deemed

    fit

    to

    launch,

    book and

    sell

    the

    constructed

    area.

    lt

    was

    agreed

    between

    the

    Parties that

    on completion of

    construction,

    the

    parties

    will

    negotiate

    the terms

    conditions for

    transfer of

    Land in order

    to

    grant

    power

    to

    the

    applicant

    to

    execute

    sale

    deed

    of

    the

    flat in favor

    of its

    allottees.

    lt

    is admitted that

    the

    possession

    of

    portion

    of the

    land

    on

    which

    the

    applicant

    was

    permitted

    to carry

    out the

    development

    was

    delivered

    on

    execution

    of the

    Agreement.

    The applicant

    is now trying

    to

    take advantage

    on

    the

    said

    position

    and

    is

    falsely

    claiming

    ownership

    right on

    the

    basis

    of

    the

    Agreement

    under

    which

    no ownership

    rights

    were

    conveyed

    to the

    applicant

    by

    the

    Company.

    8.

    The execution

    of

    lrrevocable

    Power

    of

    Attorney

    is

    not denied.

    The

    Power

    of Attorney

    authorized

    the

    Applicant

    and/or

    it nominees

    to sell

    the

    construction

    e.g.

    offices,

    shops,

    Flats, Showroom,

    Stores

    etc. and

    by

    no

    stretch

    of

    imagination

    can

    it be construed

    as

    a

    transfer

    agreement

    for

    the

    transfer

    of the

    immovable

    property.

    The applicant

    was

    acting

    in a

    Fiduciary

    capacity

    was

    doing

    act

    for

    the benefit

    of

    the

    non applicant.

    9.

    That the

    content

    of

    the

    para

    9 are

    wrong

    and

    denied.

    lt

    is

    denied

    that

    the

    applicant

    got any approval

    of

    the

    project from

    the statutory

    authority, The

    approvals

    are

    in

    the

    name

    of TIDCO

    granted

    by

    the authority

    being

    the

    owners

    of

    the

    Land,

    for which the

    license

    is

    granted.

    The approval

    from

    financial

    institution is

    denied

    for the

    want

    of knowledge

    Even assuming

    such

    a approval

    has

    been

    granted

    it

    is

    a

    internal

    arrangement

    between

    the

    applicant

    and

    financial

    institution,.

    10. That

    the content

    of

    para

    10

    are

    denied.

    lt

    is

    denied that

    the

    applicant

    had

    entered

    into or

    sold

    300 flats,

    without

    prejudice

    thereto, since

    no valid

    right, title

    or

    interest

    can

    now

    be

    conveyed

    to these

    flat

    owners,

    the

    applicant

    was informed

    and advised

    by

    the non

    applicant

    to

    lodge their

    claim

    with

    the official

    liquidator

    pursuant

    to

    the

    order

    passed

    by

    the

    division

    bench dated

    11

    .02.2013.

    1

    1.

    That

    the

    content

    of

    para

    11

    are

    denied

    for

    want of kn6wledge.

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    12.

    Thalthe

    content

    of

    Para

    12 are

    vehemently

    denied.

    lt

    is denied

    that

    the

    contract

    for

    construction

    given

    to

    the

    applicant

    by

    Agreement

    dated

    19.12.2007.

    has been

    fulfilled

    or

    the

    construction

    completed.

    Without

    prejudice

    thereto,

    the

    contentions

    raised

    for completion

    of

    the

    constructiOn

    andlor

    allotment

    of

    the

    Flats

    to

    the

    subsequent

    allottees

    are

    irrelevant

    for

    the

    present

    aPPlication.

    13.

    That

    the

    content

    of

    the

    para

    13

    are

    wrong

    and

    denied,

    lt

    is denied

    that

    any

    construction/flat/unit

    has

    been

    sold

    to

    third

    party.

    The

    sale

    cannot

    be

    completed

    unless

    the

    company

    executes

    the

    sale

    deed

    for

    the

    proportionate

    land

    underneath

    the

    Flat

    in

    favor

    of

    the

    allottee.

    Since

    the

    sale

    deed

    now

    cannot

    be

    executed

    by

    the

    company

    in the

    changed

    circumstances

    more

    particularly in

    compliance

    with

    the

    order

    dated

    11.02.2013

    ,

    which

    has

    been

    upheld

    by

    the

    Honorable

    supreme

    court

    of

    lndia,

    the contentions

    raised

    by

    the

    applicant

    are

    irrelevant

    and

    the

    applicant

    is

    only

    entitled

    to their

    claim

    which

    can

    be

    recovered

    from

    the

    office

    of

    the

    official

    Liquidator.

    14. That

    the

    content

    of

    the

    Para

    14

    are

    incomplete

    and

    misleading.

    Despite the

    filling

    of

    the affidavit

    by

    Shree

    Madhur

    Mittal,

    the

    Honorable

    Division

    of

    the

    Honorable

    court

    has directed

    the

    sale

    of

    entire

    project

    land

    of

    the

    company

    by

    the

    way

    of

    public

    auction'

    1S

    16.

    Thatthe

    content

    of

    para

    15

    16 are

    irrelevanttothe

    Present

    application

    and

    need

    no rePlY.

    17.That

    the

    applicant

    admits

    that

    was

    sought

    to

    be

    transferred

    under

    the

    agreement

    dated

    19.12.2007

    was

    not

    the

    Land

    but

    the

    right

    to

    raise

    the

    construction

    on

    the

    portion

    of

    Land,

    As

    such

    there

    is

    no

    transfer

    of

    immovable

    property

    in

    which

    the

    applicant

    has

    vested

    right,

    title

    or

    interest

    sought

    to

    be

    claimed

    in

    the

    present

    application.

    The application

    is

    wholly

    misconceived

    and

    untenable

    in

    law

    and

    devoid

    of

    any

    merit'

    The

    application

    is liable

    to be

    dismissed

    with exemplary

    costs.

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    That it

    is

    clarified

    that

    the

    present

    application

    is

    not

    at

    the instance

    of

    the

    ex

    -management.

    The

    ex

    management

    are

    opposing

    the application and

    assisting

    the Honorable court by

    filing

    this

    reply

    to secure obedience

    and

    compliance

    of the

    order

    dated

    11.02.2013

    passed

    by

    the division bench of

    the

    Honorable Court

    and upheld

    by

    the

    Honorable Supreme

    court of

    india.

    It is

    in

    the

    Larger

    interest of the

    public

    that

    the

    entire

    land

    of

    the company

    is

    put

    to the

    public

    Auction

    which

    is likely

    to

    fetch

    huge

    amount of

    money

    approximately

    Rs.

    700-800

    crores

    which

    would be sufficient to

    pay

    off all

    the

    creditors of

    the company

    including

    the

    applicant.

    APPLICANT

    /RESPONDANT

    Through

    C A

    Solution

    (Sanjay

    S Chhabra

    Alok K.

    Aggarwal)

    Counsel of Respondants

    H-SJungpura

    Extension

    New

    Delhi

    -110014

    D/64/96

    9899068509

    Dated :-

    15

    May

    2013

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    co

    \

    IN

    9OMFANY

    PETITI

    IN THE MATTER

    OF:

    Dinesh

    Mittal Qths.

    Petitioners

    Vs

    Triveni

    lnfrastructure

    Development

    Company

    Limited

    Respondents

    AFFIDAVIT

    l, Madhur

    Mittal, son of Late Shree

    H.C. Mittal

    aged about

    40

    years

    rlo

    of

    C-691,

    New friends Colony,

    New Delhi

    ,do

    hereby solemnly affirm and

    declare

    as under;-

    1

    ,

    I

    am a

    erstwhile Director

    of

    the

    Company

    and

    I

    am

    fully

    conversant

    with

    the

    Facts

    and

    circumstances

    of

    the case. Hence am competent to swear

    this affidavit.

    2. That

    I have

    read

    and understood

    the content

    of

    the

    accompanying

    reply

    to the application under

    Rule

    9 of the

    Company

    (Court)

    Rules

    1959,

    read

    with Section

    151

    CPC

    and

    same

    are

    true and correct to the best

    of my

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    ,- .., .... , - i

    Knowledge

    and

    belief.

    No

    part

    of

    this

    is

    false and

    nothing has

    been

    concealei

    there

    from. The

    content

    of

    the

    reply be

    read as

    part

    of

    the

    present

    Affidavit

    and

    the

    same

    are

    not

    repeated herein

    for

    the sake

    of'

    Brevity.

    DEPONANT

    VERIFICATION

    l,

    the deponent by above

    name,

    hereby verify

    that the

    content of

    para

    1 &2

    of

    the

    foregoing Affidavit

    are

    true

    and correct

    to the

    best

    of

    my Knowledge

    and no

    part

    of

    this

    is

    false and

    nothing

    material

    has been

    suppressed

    therefrom

    .

    Verified at

    New

    Delhi

    on15th

    day of

    May 2013

    .

    .