JUDGMENT

The petitioners filed Company Petition Nos.69, 71, and 72 of 2019 before the National Company Law Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) under Sections 241 and 242 of the Companies Act, 2014 with respect to three Private Limited Companies named Elite Foods Pvt. Ltd., Elite Tasty Toast Pvt. Ltd. and Yamuna Roller Flour Mills Pvt. Ltd. The said Companies were impleaded as 1^st respondent in the Company Petitions. All the Company Petitions were filed on 28.08.2019. The grievance of the petitioners is that the Tribunal is proceeding to finally hear the Company Petitions without affording a chance for the petitioners to file their rejoinder to the replies filed by the 1^st respondent and adopted by respondents 9 to 15. The facts are narrated as appearing from W.P.(C)No.22644 of 2024.

2. On 29.08.2019, the Tribunal, by Ext.P2 order, appointed Sri Sankar P. Panicker as Advocate Commissioner. On 01.06.2022, by Ext.P4 order, the Tribunal endorsed that pleadings are complete in the case and that since it is an old pending matter, there will be no further adjournment in the case. The said order was issued in the main Company Petition itself. On the same day, in the order in