V. Periya Karuppiah, J.

1. This appeal has been directed against the dismissal of the writ petition by the learned Single Judge of this Court made in W.P.No.13757 of 1996 dated 20.08.2003.

2. The aggrieved writ petitioner had filed the appeal against the said order. The above writ petition has been filed before the learned Single Judge for issuing a writ of certiorari to call for the records relating to the order of the respondent dated 28.06.1996 and quash the same.

3. Brief facts of both parties in the writ petitions are as follows:

3(i) The petitioner establishment was incorporated on 31. 1990 as "Chettinad Granites Limited" under the provisions of the Companies Act. The company known as South India Corporation Ltd., incorporated on 9. 1935 under Pudukottai Companies Regulation Act 1929, as a Private Limited company and subsequently became a deemed Public Company and engaged solely in trading activities. The Board of Directors of Chettinad Granites Limited, with a view to utilising the funds generated by the South India Corporation Ltd., which was interested in diversifying in the granite field, proposed an amalgamation of the said Chettinad Granites Limited with th