JUDGMENT

K. N. Saikia J. - Special leaves granted.

2. These five appeals are from as many similar orders of the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore dismissing the appellant company's criminal revision petitions impugning the respective orders passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gokak holding that the appellants complaints against the respondents alleging offence under section 630 (1)(b) of the Companies Act by not vacating the Company's quarters as required by it even more than six months after retirement of the respondents, were barred by limitation and the same could not be taken into consideration.

3. The first respondent in each of these criminal appeals was appointed oil 1.3.1942, 11.6.1945, 24.11.1939, 1.5.1939 and 23.1.1937, respectively, in the service of the appellant company and they retired on 14.3.1984, 1.10.1983, 12.2.1984, 4.10.1983 and 27.1.1981, respectively, from the appellant company's service, where after each of them was required to vacate his company's quarter. Each having declined to vacate the company quarter' even more than six months after retirement, despite legal notice, the appellant company filed a private criminal complaint under S. 630 (1)