Official Liquidator of W.G. Forge and Allied Industries Ltd. (in Liquidation) v. British Steel Corporation(Export)Ltd. (Petitioner)
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay HC, OLR 29/2025 in Co.Pet. 7/1984, Arif S. Doctor J., 30-01-2026; W.G. Forge And Allied Industries Ltd. (in liquidation); caption petitioner British Steel Corporation(Export)Ltd.; Official Liquidators Mutahhar Khan, Satyajit Roul, Dy. OL J.P. Gautam; duplicate workmen claim entries; prayer (a) allowed; withhold Rs.2,29,008/- (9 duplicate entries) and Rs.2,78,679/- (printed 'Rs.2,78.679/-'; multiple entries in certified and supplementary lists) from sum for transfer to Registrar of Companies; Section 555 Companies Act, 1956; Companies Act I of 1956; affidavit of service — three workmen served, packets left for five; liberty to apply for inadvertently omitted/included workmen; report disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Prayer clause (a) of the Official Liquidator Report granted: withholding of the two specified sums from the Section 555 transfer amount authorised; liberty to apply reserved for inadvertently omitted or included workmen; Report thereafter disposed of.