The Court condoned a 217-day delay in filing half-yearly audited accounts for a company in liquidation. It approved the accounts filed by the Official Liquidator and permitted payment of the auditor's fee.
Delay condoned; half-yearly accounts approved and taken on record; permission granted to pay balance audit fee; costs met from company funds.
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HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR
COMPANY APPLICATION No.1077 of 2011 in R.C.C.No.13 of 1994
Date: 03.12.2012
The Official Liquidator, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. … Applicant
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR
COMPANY APPLICATION No.1077 of 2011 in R.C.C.No.13 of 1994
O R D E R:
This Company Application is filed by the Official Liquidator attached to this Court under Section 462 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Rules 298 and 306 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959, to condone the delay of 217 days in filing the halfyearly accounts of the company in liquidation along with the audit report for the period 01.04.2009 to 30.09.2009 and to consider, approve and take on record the half-yearly accounts along with audit report for the said period. The Official Liquidator also prays for a direction to pay the balance audit fee to the auditor and for costs.
2. By order dated 19.02.2010 passed in C.A. No.2129 of 2009 in R.C.C. No.2 of 1995, this Court approved the panel of M/s.Murthy & Kanth, M/s. Padmanabha Rao & Co., M/s. PSN Ravi Shankar & Associates, M/s. KBS Associates and M/s. Sarathy & Balu, Chartered Accountants, for auditing the financial statements
of the companies in liquidation.
3. It is stated that the half-yearly accounts of the company in liquidation pertinent to this application were audited by one of the aforestated Chartered Accountants and the audit certificate was received from the said Chartered Accountant certifying that the half-yearly financial accounts of the company in liquidation for the period 01.04.2009 to 30.09.2009 were in order. However, as the said certificate along with various other certificates, filed by the Chartered Accountants in respect of the other companies in liquidation, were misplaced, there was delay in filing of the application for approving the duly audited half-yearly financial accounts of the company in liquidation.
4. This Court, by order dated 14.06.2012, directed Sri M. Anil Kumar, learned counsel for the Official Liquidator, to submit a statement giving particulars of the delay in filing the half-yearly accounts. The learned counsel accordingly filed report dated 25.10.2010 along with a tabular statement indicating the delay in individual cases in filing of applications for approval of half-yearly accounts for the period 01.04.2009 to 30.09.2009 in respect of the companies in various stages of liquidation. The said report is accordingly taken on record. As adequate reasons have been given to explain the delay on the part of the Official Liquidator in filing an application for approval of the half-yearly accounts of the company in liquidation, the delay aforementioned is condoned.
5. The Official Liquidator has placed on record the auditor’s report certifying that proper books of accounts as required by law had been maintained and the receipts and payments accounts maintained by the Official Liquidator gives a true and fair view as
to the realization and disbursements of the company in liquidation during the period. The affidavit verifying the account is also filed by the Official Liquidator along with a statement of account in Form No.144, detailing the total realizations up to 30.09.2009 as Rs.12,207.90 ps. and the total disbursements up to 30.09.2009 at Rs.8,616/-.
6. In the light of the aforestated documents, the half-yearly audited accounts placed before this Court by the Official liquidator for the period 01.04.2009 to 30.09.2009 in respect of the company in liquidation is approved and taken on record. The Official Liquidator is permitted to pay the balance fee to the auditor in accordance with Rule 304 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959. The costs of this application shall be met from the funds of the company in liquidation. The Official Liquidator shall ensure compliance with Section 462 (4) of the Companies Act, 1956.
7. The Company Application is ordered accordingly.
SANJAY KUMAR, J. 3rd December, 2012. cbs
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR
COMPANY APPLICATION No.1077 of 2011 in R.C.C.No.13 of 1994
3rd December, 2012
cbs
2 issues framed by the court
Whether delay in filing half-yearly audited accounts can be condoned with adequate reasons.
Whether the half-yearly accounts of the company in liquidation should be approved.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
The Official Liquidator, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
Sanjay Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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