judgment

C.K. Thakker, J. —

1.Leave granted.

2. The present appeal is directed against the order dated November 23, 2005 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Civil Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 67297 of 2005. By the said order, the High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant-writ petitioners and confirmed the order of Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Allahabad dated September 13, 2005 which in turn affirmed the order passed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Jabalpur on December 20, 2001.

3.To appreciate the controversy raised in the present appeal, few relevant facts may be stated. It is the case of the appellant that Adhunik Detergent Ltd. (Defendant No. 1 in Suit No. 44A of 1993 instituted by respondent-Union Bank of India) was incorporated as Company under the Indian Companies Act, 1956. There was another Company also known as Adhunik Synthetics Ltd. which was floated by the Directors of Adhunik Detergent Ltd. According to the appellants, initially, Adhunik Detergent Ltd. had seven Directors, namely, (1) Satyanarayan Jalan, (2) Krishna Jalan, (3) Chakrapani Jalan, (4) K.K. Jalan, (5)Sunil Poddar, (6) Sushil Kumar Kanodia and (7) Radhey Shyam Pod