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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
T. RAJA, J.
Bhagavan Das Dhananjaya Das - Petitioner
Vs.
Union of India & Anr. - Respondents
W.P. Nos. 25455, 25456, 25729, 26654, 26655, 26932, 27106 to 27108, 27140, 27293, 27366, 27367, 27369, 27408, 27546, 27547, 27558 to 27561, 27565, 27717, 27852,, 27902 to 27905, 27911 to 27914, 27937 to 27940, 28032 to 28034, 28062 to 28064, 28065, 28066, 28209, 28248, 28280, 28281, 28621, 28622, 28631, 28635, 28643, 28737, 28813 to 28816, 28820, 28821, 28870, 28871, 28931, 29055, 29141, 29147, 29148, 29151 to 29155, 29224, 29499, 29500, 29625 to 29628, 29629, 29630, 29669, 29679, 29683, 29684, 29707, 29708, 29710, 29760 to 29762, 29763, 29836, 29846, 29847, 29917 to 29919, 29937 to 29941, 30034 to 30036, 30040, 30041, 30147, 30148, 30149, 30152, 30177 to 30179, 30281, 30282, 30317, 30321 to 30323, 30345, 30347, 30369, 30372, 30400, 30401, 30405 to 30407, 30436, 30565 to 30567, 30577 to 30580, 30621 to 30625, 30627, 30679, 30680, 30742, 30743, 30813, 30814, 30842, 30843, 30864, 30869, 30943 to 30945, 30947, 30950, 30971 to 30973, 30984, 31013 to 31015, 31019, 31059, 31060, 31092 to 31094, 31122, 31123, 31124, 31153, 31190 to 31192, 31211, 31291, 31331, 31333, 31334, 31367 to 31371, 31372 to 31374, 31501 to 31509, 31522, 31543, 31560, 31561, 31582 to 31584, 31592 to 31595, 31606, 31607, 31707, 31708, 31723, 31724, 31740, 31772 to 31774, 31793, 31797, 31800, 31802, 31805, 31806, 31850, 31884 to 31887, 31916 to 31918, 31965 to 31967, 32080, 32081, 32192, 32202 to 32206, 32310 to 32312, 32340, 32373, 32427, 32441 to 32444, 32450, 32462 to 32465, 32484, 32485, 32513 to 32517, 32587, 32604, 32611, 32612, 32656 to 32658, 32664 to 32666, 32721 to 32726, 32732 to 32734, 32735 to 32738, 32804, 32805 to 32807, 32813, 32814, 32848, 32849, 32864, 32872, 32882, 32901, 32904 to 32907, 32950 to 32953, 32968, 33031, 33038, 33047, 33050, 33051, 33052, 33095 to 33097, 33128, 33156 to 33160, 33195, 33196, 33197, 33198, 33247 to 33254, 33260 to 32364, 33287, 33300 to 33303, 33311, 33370 to 33373, 33378, 33379, 33425, 33460 to 33464, 33473 to 33476, 33501, 33502, 33523 to 33528, 33531, 33532, 33554, 33555, 33564, 33579, 33584, 33596, 33597, 33623 to 33627, 33660 to 33665, 33772, 33773, 33774, 33795 to 33797, 33801 to 33804, 33805 to 33807, 33808, 33811, 33812, 33825 to 33829, 33833, 33834, 33835, 33837 to 33844, 33846, 33847, 33849, 33850, 33862, 33864, 33865, 33868 to 33870, 33875, 33876, 33881, 33882, 33883 to 33886, 33939 to 33942, 33948 to 33953, 33955, 33956, 33959 to 33963, 33982, 34000, 34005, 34006, 34149, 34158, 34250, 34258, 34259, 34366, 34367, 34435, 34438, 34440 to 34446 of 2017, 9, 15, 16, 357, 528 to 530, 610, 611, 685, 686, 753 to 757, 826, 887 to 890, 921, 948, 962, 963, 1090, 1264, 1265, 1279, 1467, 1516, 1539, 1540, 1580, 1581, 1613, 1623, 1728, 1763, 1781 to 1784, 1931, 1932, 1951 to 1953, 1996 to 2000, 2135, 2136, 2138, 2142, 2186, 2199, 2200, 2203, 2204, 2302, 2303, 2331, 2332, 2433 to 2436, 2446, 2447, 2448 to 2450, 2503, 2507, 2508, 2533, 2545, 2553, 6176, 7662, 7663, 7687, 7688, 7768, 7772 to 7775, 7843 to 7845, 7949, 7950, 7970, 8021, 8046, 8047, 8079, 8171, 8172, 8216, 8265, 8266, 8309, 8420, 8572, 8590 to 8592, 8620 to 8624, 8703, 8856, 8857, 8938, 8942, 9088, 9139, 9148, 9149, 9156, 9164, 9240, 9277 to 9281, 9282 to 9284, 9331, 9332, 9389, 9404, 9405, 9436, 9437, 9439, 9440, 9458, 9459, 9516, 9517, 9531, 9532, 9579, 9585, 9586, 4305 to 4307, 9646, 9647, 9666, 9667, 9741, 9742, 9766, 9833, 9866 to 9868, 9869 to 9874, 9893, 9914, 9917, 9924, 9925, 9934, 9940, 9957, 9958, 10004, 10016 to 10020, 10057 to 10060, 10158, 10176, 10224, 10225, 10228, 10231, 10244, 10263, 10264, 10268, 10269, 10279, 10372, 10383, 10387, 10384, 10401 to 10403, 10466 to 10468, 10500, 10501 to 10504, 10539, 10557 to 10560, 10582, 10615, 10651, 10655, 10676, 10677, 10715, 10721, 10722, 10724, 10749, 10750, 10751 to 10754, 10768, 10771, 10786, 10803, 10858, 10859, 10873, 10904, 10905, 10916, 10971, 10974, 10982, 11058, 11059, 11060, 11066, 11079, 11089, 11090, 11109, 11117, 11118, 11122 to 11124, 11126, 11127, 11128 to 11130, 11169, 11222, 11223, 11237, 11263, 11297, 11354, 11355, 11359, 11360, 11371, 11386, 11387, 11400, 11411, 11412, 11419, 11472, 11473, 11521, 11525, 11545, 11546, 11550, 11551, 11557, 11558, 11568 to 11572, 11576, 11577, 11578, 11579, 11600, 12761 to 12765, 13782 to 13785, 13835 to 13837, 13838 to 13840, 13879, 13940, 13946, 13953, 14044, 14048, 14054, 14055, 14091, 14092, 14227, 14228, 14241, 14242, 14279 to 14282, 14304 to 14306, 14324, 14355, 14360 to 14362, 14363, 14381, 14385, 14391, 14395, 14417, 14418, 14432, 14602, 14603, 14640 to 14642, 14645 to 14648, 14667, 14668, 14734 of 2018, 32167 to 32174, 32331 to 32334, 33622, 33778 of 2017, 4282, 4284, 4292, 4314, 4322 to 4326, 4354, 4443, 4444, 4460, 4461, 4462, 4463, 4464, 4490, 4504 to 4507, 4511, 4512, 4553 to 4556, 4634, 4635, 4648, 4687, 4688, 4691, 4693, 4705, 4706, 4714, 4715, 4812, 4837, 4928 to 4931, 4959, 4976, 4980, 4988, 5058, 5059, 5066, 5067, 5068 to 5071, 5094, 5095, 5115, 5120, 5161, 5193, 5208 to 5210, 5244, 5245, 5248, 5257, 5268, 5282, 5283, 5326, 5373, 5374, 5399, 5426 to 5428, 5433, 5453 to 5456, 5457, 5460, 5461, 5472, 5480, 5481, 5508, 5521, 5522, 5537, 5540, 5541, 5542, 5543, 5545, 5547, 5588, 5589, 5634, 6605, 6617, 6660, 6712, 6781, 6782, 6791, 6816, 6878, 6879, 15163, 15241, 15269 to 15273, 15427, 13586, 3928, 7318 of 2018, 33019, 28607 of 2017, 3053, 3070, 4233, 5852, 5861, 5881, 5889, 5989, 6004, 6005, 6008, 6016, 6019, 7129 to 7131, 7458, 7459, 7460, 7461, 7462, 7463, 7464 to 7466, 7467, 7468, 7469 to 7471, 7522, 7523, 7539, 7541, 7545, 7546, 7547, 7548, 7553, 7554, 7556, 7559 to 7562, 7563, 7564, 7565, 7566, 15688, 15689, 15745, 15838, 15848, 16043, 16044, 16458 of 2018, 26351, 26352, 26357 to 26363, 26420, 26432, 26433, 26470 to 26473 of 2017, 2727, 5798, 5974, 6111, 6112, 7133, 12151, 12228, 6083, 6113, 6114, 2326, 2327, 3221, 3222, 3312, 13543, 78, 79, 124, 175, 541, 542, 2490, 2534, 2535, 2584, 2592, 2645, 2646, 2674, 2675, 2676, 2677, 2798 to 2800, 2825, 2826, 2868, 2869, 2927, 2993 to 2999, 3197, 3198, 3207, 3245, 3273, 3277 to 3279, 3341, 3359, 3362, 3393, 3394, 3442, 3512 to 3515, 3599, 3600, 3621, 3623, 3651, 3678, 3704 to 3707, 3725, 3726, 3728, 3729, 3775, 3798, 3809 to 3812, 3916, 3917, 3971, 4037, 4038, 5668, 5669, 5670, 5706 to 5709, 5718, 5719, 5742 to 5744, 5766, 5767, 5815 to 5817, 5825, 5838 to 5840, 5843, 5844, 5859, 5860, 5873, 5886, 5887, 5905 to 5907, 5911 to 5913, 5924, 5943, 5947, 6033, 6157, 6162, 6163, 6168, 6179, 6185 to 6187, 6188 to 6190, 6191 to 6193, 6198 to 6200, 6208, 6209, 6210, 6234, 6238, 6366, 6329, 6396, 6402, 6403, 6568, 6569, 6587, 6588 to 6591, 15883, 15884, 15919, 15920, 15968, 15969, 16035, 16038, 16039, 16096, 7212, 7213, 7214 to 7216, 7234, 7240, 7241, 7249, 7250, 7255, 7256, 7279, 7280, 7309 to 7311, 7338, 7343 to 7347, 7356 to 7360, 7405, 7414, 7419, 7420, 7439, 7440, 13629, 14942, 14943, 14952, 14953, 15014, 15068, 15069, 15238, 15454, 15468 to 15473, 15533, 15540 to 15542, 15552, 15553, 15628, 15664, 15705, 15708 to 15710, 15744, 15826, 15868, 15869, 16034, 16245, 16246, 16350 to 16352, 16463, 16532, 16534, 16539, 16540, 16610 to 16613, 16657, 16658, 16757, 16773, 16840, 16841, 16898, 16902, 16903, 16970, 16995, 16999, 17151, 17161 of 2018
Decided On : 03-08-2018
Constitution of India,1950 - Articles 20(3) and 226 - Companies Act 2013 - Sections 164(2)(a), 248(1) , 137(1) and 92(4) - Income Tax Act 1961 - Section 171(6) - Companies Act, 1956 - Section 274(1)(g) - new Act - Section 164 - old Act - Section 274(1)(g) - Lying dormant - Prepared a plan to revive - Register of members for non-filing - Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner in W.P. No. leading arguments, assailing the impugned order as arbitrary, unreasonable and unconstitutional, submitted petitioner being the Director in Birdies and Eagles Sports Technology Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 with - Events Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on with a share capital – Held, Court at the time of entertaining the writ petitions viz., in W.P. Nos. vide order had directed the deposit of and any other charges which are payable under the CODS 2018 Scheme in the Registry of this Court to the credit of their respective writ petitions by way of fixed deposit receipts in the name of the Registrar General for a period of one year, the Registrar General of this Court is directed to transmit – Ordered Accordingly
The petitioners in this bunch of writ petitions have challenged the respective impugned orders dated 8.9.2017, 1.11.2017 etc., passed by the Registrar of Companies, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, the second respondent herein, uploaded in the website of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi, the first respondent herein disqualifying them to hold the office of Directorship of the companies under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act 2013, which came into effect from 1.4.2014, to quash the same as illegal, arbitrary and devoid of merits with a consequential direction to the respondents herein to permit the petitioners to get reappointed as Director(s) of any company or appointed as Director(s) in any other company without any hindrance.
2. Since the raised in all the writ petitions is common, for convenience, the facts as pleaded in W.P. No. 25455 of 2017 are alone referred to in this order.
3. Mr. P.H. Aravind Pandian, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner in W.P. No. 25455 of 2017, leading the arguments, assailing the impugned order as arbitrary, unreasonable and unconstitutional, submitted that the petitioner being the Director in Birdies and Eagles Sports Technology Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 19.7.2006 with a share capital of Rs.1,00,000/-, initially under the name of Birdies and Eagles Resorts Private Limited and then renamed as Birdies and Eagles Sports Technology Private Limited in September 2012, occupied the position as Director in another company viz., Senhati Events Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 28.1.2011 with a share capital of Rs.1,00,000/-. Since the original promoters of Birdies and Eagles Sports Technology Private Limited were Mr. Jayanan Sadagopal and Mr. Ram Prasad holding equal number of shares, the company had no operations and was lying dormant till the year 2012. In the same year 2012, they have prepared a plan to revive the said company by developing sports based software to monitor performance, virtual coaching lessons etc., and as such, the Board was reconstituted with the induction of three directors in the new Board comprising the following persons, viz., Ishwar Achanta bearing DIN No.00828146, Mr. Swaminatha Balasubramanian Swaminathan bearing DIN No.01905301, Mr. Jayanan Sadagopal bearing DIN No.03074495, Mr. Bhagavan Das Dhananjaya Das bearing DIN No.03379887. The said new management also infused additional capital into Birdies and Eagles Sports Technology Private Limited, accordingly, the paid up capital of the company rose to Rs.9,70,000/- and as per the share holding pattern, Mr. Swaminatha Balasubramanian Swaminathan was having 33,000 shares, Mr. Jayanan Sadagopal was having 32,000 shares, Mr. Bhagavan Das Dhananjaya Das was having 32,000 shares totalling to 97,000 shares. Even after the change in the new management, the proposed revival plan did not fructify, as a result the Birdies Eagles Sports Technology Private Limited was unable to commence its business activities. Therefore, when there was no business activity, the annual returns also were not filed with the Registrar of Companies, Chennai from the financial year 2012-13. The last financial return filed with the Registrar of Companies related to the financial year 2011-12. While so, the first respondent issued a show cause notice vide letter No.ROC/S.248/Stk1/2017/SK/BS/VR dated 18.3.2017 under Section 248(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 to Birdies and Eagles Sports Technology Private Limited for striking off the name of the company from the Register of members for non-filing of the annual returns for a continuous period of three financial years. On receipt of the show cause notice, the company conveyed its no objection for striking off the name, since there were no intentions to revive the company by
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