Court mandates timely registration of partnership firm reconstitutions to ensure administrative efficiency.

JUDGMENT

First petitioner is a partnership firm by name 'WILLOW DESIGN'.

Petitioners allege that the said partnership firm was reconstituted several times. However, the reconstitution has not been reflected in the register of firms as well as with the 4^th respondent. Applications have been filed to incorporate the reconstitution of the partnership with the Registrar of firms as well as with the Income Tax Department. Ext.P5 and Ext.P6 representations were submitted to incorporate the reconstitution of the firm. However, till date, no orders have been passed by respondents 2 and 4 respectively. It is in such circumstances that the petitioner has approached this Court.

2. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader as well as the learned Standing Counsel for the 4^th respondent, I am of the view that considering the nature of relief sought for, this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction.

3. Since Ext.P5 application for incorporating the reconstitution details in the Register of Firms is pending consideration before the 2^nd respondent and Ext.P6 application to incorporate the reconstitution details with the Income Tax Department is pending consideration before the 4^th respondent, there will be a direction to the 2^nd respondent to dispose of Ext.P5 and to the 4^th respondent to dispose of Ext.P6, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

The writ petition is disposed of as above.

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