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Tega Industries Limited M&A Activity 2023

Feb 24, 2023

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February 24, 2023

To,

BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Corporate Relationship Department The Listing Department Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Plot No. C/1, G Block, Dalal Street, Bandra – Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai – 400 001 Mumbai – 400 051

National Stock Exchange of India Limited

BSE Scrip Code: 543413

NSE SYMBOL: TEGA

Sub: Intimation under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”)

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Listing Regulations, we wish to inform you that Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal, Kolkata Bench (NCLT), has today, i.e. February 24, 2023 pronounced the Order approving the Resolution Plan of Tega Industries Limited (the “Company”) for acquisition of McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited.

The details required pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Listing Regulations is enclosed as Annexure “A” along with a copy of the Order as available on the website of the Hon’ble NCLT.

The aforesaid acquisition is deemed to be material information under Regulation 30 of the Listing Regulations and communicated for information to the stakeholders.

Kindly take the same on record.

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully,

For Tega Industries Limited

MANJUREE RAI

Digitally signed by MANJUREE RAI DN: c=IN, postalCode=793014, st=MEGHALAYA, l=EAST KHASI HILLS, o=Personal, title=5207, serialNumber=f053cd6842e858553a4efb7befa251c1779c9ec807823 c7fb56aab279c901602, pseudonym=520720220513181531159, 2.5.4.20=e6d8b52115d69ccb296debdf1a4214fcb7cd41fd34d1dd2b9 fd018d220a20077, [email protected], cn=MANJUREE RAI Date: 2023.02.24 19:07:52 +05'30'

Manjuree Rai Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

Enclosed: As stated above

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Annexure A

Disclosure under Para A of Part A of Schedule III of the Listing Regulations:

SL.
NO.
PARTICULARS DESCRIPTION
1. Name of the target entity, details in brief
such as size,turnover etc.;
McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited (MSEL)
2. Whether the acquisition would fall within
related party transaction(s) and whether
the promoter/ promoter group/ group
companies have any interest in the entity
being acquired? If yes, nature of interest
and details thereof and whether the same
is done at “arms length”;
No
3. Industry to which the entity being
acquired belongs;
Manufacturing of industrial machineries
4. Objects and effects of acquisition; This acquisition is directed to holistic value-
creation for the benefit of all Tega’s
stakeholders. It shall be a transformational
journey for Tega, from being a global leader in
design and manufacturing ‘critical-to-operate’
consumables to becoming a leading value
player in manufacturing innovative and
sustainable mineral processing equipment.
Acquisition
of
an
Original
Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) for mining and mineral
beneficiation is expected to not only enhance
the Company’s India footprint but will also
offer comprehensive solutions to global clients
through our wide product portfolio.
It is expected that the acquisition shall
enhance
the
Company’s’
overall
sustainability. The value addition available to
the Company from the acquisition is expected
to enhance margins, which could translate into
enhanced market share and profitability.
5. Brief details of any governmental or
regulatory approvals required for the
acquisition;
Approved by National Company Law Tribunal
(NCLT)

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SL.
NO.
PARTICULARS DESCRIPTION
6. Time period for completion of the
acquisition;
As per the NCLT Order, the date of transfer
shall be no later than 60 (sixty) days from the
Sanction Date i.e. date of the NCLT Order.
7. Nature of consideration - whether cash
consideration or share swap and details
of the same;
Cash
8. Cost of acquisition or the price at which
the shares are acquired;
As mentioned in the NCLT Order
9. Percentage of shareholding / control
acquired and / or number of shares
acquired;
100% through a Special Purpose Vehicle
(SPV)
10. Brief
background
about
the
entity
acquired in terms of products/line of
business acquired, date of incorporation,
history of last 3 years turnover, country in
which the acquired entity has presence
and any other significant information (in
brief).
The Target Company was incorporated as on
December
6,
1943.
Subsequently,
the
Registrar of Companies (ROC), Gujarat,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli issued a fresh
certificate of incorporation dated October 29,
2008 to the Corporate Debtor, pursuant to its
name change to McNally Sayaji Engineering
Limited.
It is classified as a non-government company
and is registered at RoC.
It is engaged in the business of manufacturing
and
marketing
of
crushing,
screening,
grinding, material handling, and mineral
processing
equipment
with
integrated
customer support and after sales service.

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IN THE NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL KOLKATA BENCH, COURT-I KOLKATA

IA (IB) No. 1214/KB/2022 in CP (IB) No. 131/KB/2020

An Application under section 30(6) and section 31(1) of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 read with regulation 39(4) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 for approval of Resolution Plan.

In the matter of:

ICICI Bank Limited

… Financial Creditor

Versus

McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited

CIN: L28999WB1943PLC133247

… Corporate Debtor

And

In the matter of:

Jitendra Lohia , Resolution Professional of McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited

… Applicant

Date of pronouncement: 24 February 2023

Coram:

Shri Rohit Kapoor, Member (Judicial) Shri Balraj Joshi, Member (Technical) Appearances (via video conference): For the Applicant/RP Ms. Manju Bhuteria, Advocate Mr. Jitendra Lohia, Resolution Professional

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For the Successful Resolution Applicant

Ms. Pooja Chakrabarti, Advocate

Ms. Kiran Sharma, Advocate

ORDER

Per: Balraj Joshi, Member (Technical)

  1. This Court convened through video conferencing.

Preliminary

  1. I.A. (IB) No. 1214/KB/2022 is an application under section 30(6) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, after approval of the resolution plan by the Committee of Creditors (CoC) .

  2. This application was filed by Mr. Jitendra Lohia, Resolution Professional of McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited (CIN: L28999WB1943PLC133247), by invoking the provisions of section 30(6) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“the Code” or “IBC”) read with regulation 39(4) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 (CIRP Regulations) for approval of a Resolution Plan in respect of McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited (Corporate Debtor).

  3. The underlying Company Petition in C.P. (IB) No. 131/KB/2020 was filed by ICICI Bank Limited against McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited, the Corporate Debtor, under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, which was admitted vide order dated 11 February 2021.

  4. Initially, Mr. Jitendra Lohia, the Applicant having IBBI Reg. No. IBBI/IPA-001/IP-P00170/2017-18/10339, was appointed as the Interim

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Resolution Professional (IRP) and was appointed as the Resolution Professional (RP) of the Corporate Debtor on 27 December 2021.

Constitution of CoC

  1. The IRP made public announcement on 15 February 2021 in The Economic Times (English) (All India Edition), Dainik Jagran (Hindi) (Dhanbad Edition), Divya Bhaskar (Gujrati) (Vadodra Edition), Hosa Digantha (Kannad) (Bangalore Edition) and Aajkal (Bengali) (West Bengal Edition) newspapers regarding initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) and called proof of claims from the financial and operational creditors, workers and employees of the corporate debtor in the specified forms till 27 February 2021. Form A was also published in the website of the IBBI.

  2. The Hon’ble NCLAT vide order dated 26 February 2021 directed the IRP not to constitute the Committee of Creditors. After dismissal of the appeal on 29 November 2021, the Applicant verified the claims and constituted the Committee of Creditors (“CoC”) and the report on the consti

  3. The CoC was constituted with sixteen Financial Creditors. A report of the constitution of the CoC, was filed before the Adjudicating Authority on 07 December 2021.

  4. The Applicant states that a total of eleven CoC meetings have been held during CIRP period, as follows:

Particulars Date of CoC meeting
1stCoC Meeting 14.12.2021
2ndCoC Meeting 20.01.2022
3rdCoC Meeting 22.02.2022
4thCoC Meeting 25.03.2022

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Particulars Date of CoC meeting
5thCoC Meeting 25.04.2022
6thCoC Meeting 13.05.2022
7thCoC meeting 21.06.2022
8thCoC meeting 28.06.2022
9thCoC Meeting 28.07.2022
10thCoC meeting 04.08.2022
11thCoC meeting 17.08.2022

Collation of claims

  1. The amounts claimed and admitted are summarised below:
Nature of creditor Amount Claimed Amount admitted
Secured Financial
Creditor
₹3217,25,44,643.08 ₹294,15,79,977.95
Unsecured Financial
Creditor
₹181,74,04,567/- ₹62,68,488/-
Unsecured Financial
Creditors – Related
₹58,96,51,985.66 ₹42,12,00,000/-
Operational Creditors
(other than related,
government, workmen,
employees)
₹33,61,83,980.12 ₹26,94,26,174.48
Operational Creditors-
related
₹73,75,33,189.49 ₹32,11,32,361.57
Government ₹88,68,69,456/- ₹16,08,83,340.48
Employees ₹1,69,233/- ₹1,69,233/-
Total ₹3654,03,57,054.35 ₹412,06,59,575.48

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CIRP and compliances

  1. The Applicant submits that in terms of the provisions of section 25(2)(h) of the Code read with regulation 36A(1) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016, invitations in Form ‘G’ for Expressions of Interest (EoI) from potential resolution applicants was issued on 28 January 2022 in Economic Times, (English) and Business Standard (English) newspapers of All India edition and Sanmarg (Hindi) , Lokmitra (Gujarati), Hosa Digantha (Kannada) and Ekdin (Bengali) newspapers. The last date for receipt of EoI was 12 February 2022.

  2. The notice was also published on the website of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) .

  3. The Applicant submits that in response to the invitation for EoI published on 28 January 2022, the RP received seventeen EoIs.

  4. The RP then shared the Information Memorandum, Evaluation Matrix and Request for Resolution Plan (RFRP) with the Prospective Resolution Applicants.

  5. The last date for submission of Resolution Plan was 01 April 2022, which was extended till 21 April 2022.

Evaluation and voting

  1. The Resolution Plans were opened before the CoC in its 5[th] CoC meeting and the Resolution Plans were placed for discussion before the CoC in its 6[th] CoC meeting and the CoC requested for further revision in the Resolution Plans.

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  1. In the 8[th] CoC meeting, all the Resolution Applicants were called for negotiation and bidding. The Resolution Applicants submitted their revised Resolution Plans as discussed in the 8[th] CoC meeting.

  2. The Resolution Plans were put for e-voting on the 11[th] CoC meeting held on 17 August 2022, the e-voting concluded on 24 September 2022.

  3. The Resolution Plan submitted by Tega Industries Limited was approved with 99.787% voting share. The Resolution Professional issued the letter of Intent on 26 September 2022[1] .

  4. In accordance with regulation 36B(4A) of the CIRP Regulations, the Successful Resolution Applicant submitted Performance Bank Guarantee of Rs.17.80Crore being 10% of the resolution amount issued by Axis Bank Ltd. vide no. 11640100016411 dated 30 June 2022 and valid upto 30 June 2023[2] .

Compliance of the approved Resolution Plan with various provisions

  1. The Applicant has filed a Compliance Certificate in prescribed form, i.e., Form ‘H’ dated 14 October 2022 in compliance with regulation 39(4) of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016.[3]

  2. The Applicant has submitted details of various compliances as envisaged within the Code and the CIRP Regulations which a Resolution Plan should adhere to, which is reproduced hereunder:

1 Pp. 171-174 of the I.A.

2 Annexure L at Pp. 175-176 of the I.A.

3 Annexure N at Pp. 182-194 of the I.A.

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In Re approval of Resolution Plan of McNally Sayaji Engineering Limited IA (IB) No. 1214/KB/2022 in CP (IB) No. 131/KB/2020

- I. Submission of Resolution Plan in terms of sub section (2) of section

30 of the Code (as amended vide Amendment dated 16 August 2019):

Clause
of
s.30(2)
Requirement How dealt with in the Plan
1. Plan must provide for payment of
CIRP cost in priority to repayment
of other debts of CD in the manner
specified by the Board.
Clause 3.2.1 at Page 42 of
the Resolution Plan.
2. (i)
Plan
must
provide
for
repayment of debts of OCs in such
manner as may be specified by the
Board which shall not be less than
the amount payable to them in the
event of liquidation u/s 53;
(ii)
Plan
must
provide
for
repayment of debts of OCs in such
manner as may be specified by the
Board which shall not be less than
amount that would have been paid
to such creditors, if the amount to
be distributed under the resolution
plan had been distributed in
accordance with the order of
priority in sub-section (1) of
section 53, whichever is higher;
Clause 3.2.3.(i)(b) at Page
48 of the Resolution Plan.
Clause 3.2.3.(i)(b) at Page
48 of the Resolution Plan.

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Clause
of
s.30(2)
Requirement How dealt with in the Plan
(iii) provides for payment of debts
of financial creditors who do not
vote in favour of the resolution
plan, in such manner as may be
specified by the Board.
Clause 3.2.2(i)(b) at Pages
43-44 in the Resolution
Plan.
(c) Management of the affairs of the
Corporate Debtor after approval of
the Resolution Plan.
Clause 5.1 at Page 90 of the
Resolution Plan.
(d) Implementation and Supervision Clause 5.2 at Pages 90-92 of
the Resolution Plan.
(e) Plan does not contravene any of the
provisions of the law for the time
being in force.
Clause 3.6.2 at Pages 73-74
of the Resolution Plan.
(f) Conforms
to
such
other
requirements as may be specified
by the Board.
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II. Measures required for implementation of the Resolution Plan in

terms of regulation 37 of CIRP Regulations:

Particulars Relevant Page of the Revised
Resolution Plan dealing aforesaid
compliance with Regulation
A resolution plan shall provide for the measures, as may be necessary, for
insolvency resolution of the corporate debtor for maximisation of value of its
assets, including but not limited to the following: -
(a) transfer of all or part of the assets of
the corporate debtor to one or more
persons;
Not proposed in the Resolution
Plan.
(b) sale of all or part of the assets
whether subject to any security interest
or not;
Not proposed in the Resolution
Plan.
(c) restructuring of the corporate
debtor,
by
way
of
merger,
amalgamation and demerger;
Clause 3.4.6 at Pages 63-64 of the
Resolution Plan.
(d) the substantial acquisition of shares
of the corporate debtor, or the merger
or consolidation of the corporate debtor
with one or more persons;
Clause 3.4 at Pages 62-63 of the
Resolution Plan.

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Particulars Relevant Page of the Revised
Resolution Plan dealing aforesaid
compliance with Regulation
(e) cancellation or delisting of any
shares of the corporate debtor, if
applicable;
Clause 3.4 at Pages 62-63 of the
Resolution Plan.
(f) satisfaction or modification of any
security interest;
Clause 3.2.2 (iii) at pages 45-46 of
the Resolution Plan.
(g) curing or waiving of any breach of
the terms of any debt due from the
corporate debtor;
Not proposed in the Resolution
Plan.
(h) reduction in the amount payable to
the creditors;
Clause 3.1.3 at Pages 40-42 of the
Resolution Plan.
(i) extension of a maturity date or a
change in interest rate or other terms of
a debt due from the corporate debtor;
Not proposed in the Resolution
Plan.
(j) amendment of the constitutional
documents of the corporate debtor;
Clause 3.4.1 at Page 62 of the
Resolution Plan
(k) issuance of securities of the
corporate debtor, for cash, property,
Clause 3.5.2 at Page 68 of the
Resolution Plan.

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Particulars Relevant Page of the Revised
Resolution Plan dealing aforesaid
compliance with Regulation
securities, or in exchange for claims or
interests, or other appropriate purpose;
(l) change in portfolio of goods or
services produced or rendered by the
corporate debtor;
Not proposed in the Resolution
Plan.
(m) change in technology used by the
corporate debtor; and
Not proposed in the Resolution
Plan.
(n) obtaining necessary approvals from
the Central and State Governments and
other authorities.
Clause 5.4 at Page 94 of the
Resolution Plan.

III. Mandatory contents of Resolution Plan in terms of regulation 38 of CIRP Regulations:

Ref to
relevant
Reg.
Requirement How dealt with in the Plan
38(1) The
amount
due
to
the
operational creditors under a
resolution plan shall be given
Clause 3.2.3.(i)(c) at Page 48
of the Resolution Plan.

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Ref to
relevant
Reg.
Requirement How dealt with in the Plan
priority
in
payment
over
financial creditors.
38(1A) A resolution plan shall include
a statement as to how it has
dealt with the interests of all
stakeholders,
including
financial
creditors
and
operational creditors of the
corporate debtor.
Clause 3.1.3. at Pages 40-42 of
the Resolution Plan.
38(1B) A resolution plan shall include
a statement giving details if the
resolution applicant or any of its
related parties has failed to
implement or contributed to the
failure of implementation of
any
other
resolution
plan
approved by the Adjudicating
Authority at any time in the
past.
Clause 3.6.2 at Pages 73-74 of
the Resolution Plan.
38(2) A resolution plan shall provide:

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Ref to
relevant
Reg.
Requirement How dealt with in the Plan
(a) the term of the plan and its
implementation schedule;
Clause 4.2 at Pages 79-81 of
the Resolution Plan.
(b) the management and control
of the business of the
corporate debtor during its
term; and
Clause 5.1 at Page 90 of the
Resolution Plan.
(c) adequate
means
for
supervising
its
implementation.
Clause 5.2 at Pages 90-92 of
the Resolution Plan.
38(3) A resolution plan shall demonstrate that –
(a) it addresses the cause of
default;
Clause 2.6 at Pages 36-37 of
the Resolution Plan.
(b) it is feasible and viable; Clause 2.7 and Annexure 5 of
the Resolution Plan.
(c) it has provisions for its
effective implementation;
Clause 5.2 at Pages 90-92 of
the Resolution Plan.

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Ref to
relevant
Reg.
Requirement How dealt with in the Plan
(d) it
has
provisions
for
approvals required and the
timeline for the same; and
Clause 5.4 at Page 94 of the
Resolution Plan.
(e) the Resolution Applicant
has
the
capability
to
implement the resolution
plan.
Clauses 2.3 and Annexure 4 of
the Resolution Plan.
  1. The Resolution Applicant has submitted affidavit of eligibility under section 29A of the Code, affirmed on 21 April 2022[4] .

Details of Resolution Plan/Payment Schedule

  1. The Applicant submits that the Resolution Applicant had filed a Resolution Plan on 21 April 2022 which was further amended on 30 July 2022.

  2. The relevant information with regard to the amount claimed, amount admitted and the amount proposed to be paid by the Resolution Applicant, i.e., Tega Industries Limited under the said Resolution Plan is tabulated as under:

Nature of Cost Proposed Treatment
CIRP Cost Not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 (Rupees one
lakh).
In the event the actual CIRP Cost

4 Annexure G at Pp. 85-88 of the I.A.

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Nature of Cost Proposed Treatment
remaining outstanding is lower than
the aforesaid amount, the obligation
of the Resolution Applicant shall be
limited to the extent of such lower
amount.
In the event the actual CIRP Cost at
Transfer Date is higher than the
aforesaid amount, then such Shortfall
CIRP Cost shall first be adjusted
from the Cash & Cash Equivalents
and if any Shortfall CIRP Cost
remains outstanding even after the
exhaustion of the entire Cash & Cash
Equivalents, such remaining amount
shall be paid by the Resolution
Applicant.
Assenting Secured Financial
Creditors
(excluding
any
Related Party)
Rs. 164,00,00,000 (Rupees one
hundred and sixty four crore only).
Operational Creditors who
are
Workmen
and
Employees (excluding any
Related Party)
Rs. 1,69,233 (Rupees one lakh sixty
nine thousand two hundred thirty
three only)
Operational Creditors in in
the nature of trade creditors
(excluding
any
Related
Party)
Rs. 1,35,00,000 (Rupees one crore
thirty five lakh only)
Operational Creditors who
are the Statutory Creditors
(Government Dues)
Rs. 1,00,000 (Rupees one lakh only)
Additional amount proposed
to be infused/ arranged by
the
Resolution
Applicant
towards capex
Rs. 15,00,00,000 (Rupees fifteen
crore only)
Total Rs. 1,65,37,69,233 (Rupees one
hundred sixty five crores thirty seven
lakhs sixtynine thousand two

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Nature of Cost Proposed Treatment
hundred and thirty three only) + Rs.
15,00,00,000 (Rupees fifteen crore
only) towards capex + Shortfall CIRP
Cost + Shortfall Interim Management
Cost to the extent it remains unpaid
after adjustment from the Cash &
Cash Equivalents.
  1. The Resolution Plan defines “Transfer Date” as “ shall mean a date identified by the Resolution Applicant, for the purpose of implementation of this Resolution Plan, which shall be a date no later than 60 (sixty) days from the Sanction Date, subject to: (a) the Resolution Plan becoming effective in terms of Section 3.6.10; (b) there being no stay on such approval from a court/tribunal of competent jurisdiction; (c) the Resolution Professional having certified the (i) final CIRP Cost payable by the Resolution Applicant in terms of Section 3.2.1 of this Resolution Plan; and (ii) the liquidation value payable to the Dissenting Financial Creditors; and/or (d) there is no pending proceeding which, in the reasonable opinion of the Resolution Applicant, would have a material impact on the implementation of this Resolution Plan or any part thereof ”.

Details on Management/Implementation and Reliefs as per the Resolution Plan – Salient Features

  1. The Resolution Plan also provides for –

  2. a. Management of company after resolution in Clause 5 of Resolution Plan.

  3. b. Term of the resolution plan in Clause 4.2 of Resolution Plan.

  4. c. Implementation and Supervision of the resolution plan in Clause 5.2 of the Resolution Plan.

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Relinquishment/Waiver of liabilities and Approvals

  1. The Reliefs, Exemptions and Waivers sought by the Resolution Applicant from the Adjudicating Authority are set out below for the successful implementation of the Resolution Plan. The orders thereon are indicated against each.
Sl.
No.
Relief, concessions and approvals sought
With effect from the Sanction Date and in accordance with the provisions
of this Resolution Plan and unless specifically refused or denied by
Adjudicating Authority or the relevant authorities as the case maybe:
1. all Existing Shares of the Corporate Debtor shall be deemed to be
delisted from the Stock Exchange
2. no Person shall be entitled to take, initiate, institute or continue
any suits, steps or proceedings against the Corporate Debtor or its
Assets (whether by way of demand, legal proceedings, alternative
determination process including arbitration or an expert
determination process, the levying of distress, execution of
judgment, decree or order, or otherwise) in any court of law,
tribunal, arbitration panel or other authority in any jurisdiction
whatsoever (including taking any action to foreclose, recover or
enforce any security interest created by the Corporate Debtor in
respect of its property) for the purpose of obtaining payment of
any Liability, or for the purpose of placing the Corporate Debtor
into liquidation or any analogous proceedings;
3. all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments of
whatever nature to which the Corporate Debtor is a party, and
which are subsisting or having effect immediately before the
Sanction Date shall remain in full force and effect,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be contained in
such contracts, deeds, etc. provided that the Corporate Debtor
reserves the right to modify or terminate such contracts with notice
to the relevant counterparties without payment of any penalty or
any Liability. The Corporate Debtor shall have no Liability or
obligation to pay the relevant counterparty to such contracts any
sums payable for period prior to the Sanction Date and the
Corporate Debtor shall not be liable towards the performance
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bonds, agreements and other instruments nor shall the Corporate
Debtor or the Resolution Applicant be liable to pay damages to the
relevant counterparty and prior approval of the counterparties
(including Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation and
Asansol Durgapur Development Authority) of any contract,
agreement, shall not be required to be obtained for change in
control / ownership / constitution of the Corporate Debtor pursuant
to the terms of this Resolution Plan and all claims (whether
pending, contingent or otherwise) made against the Corporate
Debtor by the counterparties to such contracts / arrangements/
purchase orders / work orders in relation to period up to the
Sanction Date shall stand settled and/or extinguished by virtue of
the order of the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution
Plan and the Corporate Debtor or the Resolution Applicant shall at
no point of time be, directly or indirectly, held responsible or liable
in relation thereto;
4. all the non-compliances (including but not limited to violations of
Applicable Law) by the Corporate Debtor shall stand regularised
and all penalties payable in relation to the non-compliances shall
stand waived off and the reconstituted Board of the Corporate
Debtor, the Corporate Debtor and the Resolution Applicant shall
not be liable for any non-compliances occurring prior to the
Transfer Date. Without any liability for the aforesaid
noncompliance for the past period before the Transfer Date, the
Resolution Applicant shall endeavor to cause the Corporate Debtor
to identify such non-compliances, evaluate the steps required to
address such non-compliances and take steps to remedy such non-
compliances to the extent practically possible. The Resolution
Applicant and the Corporate Debtor shall be entitled to apply to
and approach the Adjudicating Authority for relief for continued
implementation of the approved Resolution Plan before or after
any coercive action is taken against the Corporate Debtor or the
Resolution Applicant, especially in view of the limited due
diligence offered to the Resolution Applicant;
5. any dues, liabilities, charges, interest, penalty or cost on the
Corporate Debtor relating to any period prior to CIRP
Commencement Date is deemed to be waived/ written-off and all
the cases, show cause notices or proceeding pending at any forum
or before any authority against the Corporate Debtor be un-
conditionally withdrawn on approval of the Resolution Plan;

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6. the Resolution Applicant assumes that, in compliance of its duties
under Regulation 35A of the CIRP Regulations, the Resolution
Professional had determined whether the Corporate Debtor has
been subjected to any transactions covered under sections 43, 45,
50 or 66 of the Code or not and applied to the Adjudicating
Authority for seeking appropriate relief. Accordingly, though the
Resolution Applicant reserve its right to institute any investigation
pertaining to any transaction(s) carried out by the ex-management
of the Company or to file appropriate applications before the
court/tribunal of competent jurisdiction, the Resolution Applicant
and its officers, directors, employees and the new management of
the Corporate Debtor shall never be liable/responsible for any such
transactions carried out by the ex-management of the Corporate
Debtor;
7. on the approval of the Resolution Plan applicable provisions of the
Companies Act or rules made thereunder, relating to the capital
restructuring, financial restructuring, cancellation of existing
shares, reduction of existing shares or any other portion of this
Resolution Plan for its implementation including re-casting of the
financial statements of the Corporate Debtor shall deemed to have
been complied with. Requisite filings may however be done within
the period of 1 (one) year from the Sanction Date and that no
further order be required from any regulator or authority and that
approval of the Resolution Plan be deemed to be approval of all
such action;
8. all the charges registered with the RoC shall be deemed as satisfied
and discharged and the same shall not be treated as a Liability of
the Corporate Debtor or the Resolution Applicant by virtue of any
arrangement, of whatsoever nature;
9. any charge created, prior to the CIRP Commencement Date, on the
cash / cash deposits / any other Assets of the Corporate Debtor
shall stand fully satisfied and discharged by virtue of the order of
the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution Plan;
10. any approval, consent or permission that may be required from any
statutory/governmental/regulatory authority for, or pursuant to
change in control/management/ownership of the Corporate Debtor
in accordance with the terms of any consent, licence, approval,
right, entitlement, benefit and privilege whether under law,

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contract, lease or licence granted in favour of the Corporate Debtor
shall be deemed to be provided by virtue of the approval of the
Resolution Plan by the order of the Adjudicating Authority
without any additional costs;
11. any remaining claims, debts and other dues from the Corporate
Debtor to any person for the period prior to the Transfer Date, that
is not expressly provided for in this Resolution Plan, including any
claims from third parties relating to any contract entered into by
the Corporate Debtor including damages on account of termination
of such contracts pursuant to this Resolution Plan or claims which
are in the nature of recovery, disgorgement, penalty, fees or
recoupment of loss, shall be deemed to have been extinguished
upon approval of this Resolution Plan, without any liability
whatsoever on the Corporate Debtor or the Resolution Applicant;
12. all Books and Records, the custody of the originals of documents
of title, and the approvals, permits and licenses in relation to the
business activities of the Corporate Debtor, the copy of the entire
contents/documents
(without
any
restrictions
whatsoever)
information technology systems of the Corporate Debtor as on the
Transfer Date shall be delivered to the Resolution Applicant
13. to give effect to any waiver and extinguishment under this
Resolution Plan, any contract, agreement, deed or document,
whether oral or written, express or implied, statutory or otherwise,
pursuant to which any such dues, Liabilities, obligations, claims,
counter claims, demands, actions, penalties, right, title or interest
is claimed (other than as specifically mentioned herein) shall stand
modified with effect from the Transfer Date without any further
act or deed, and approval of this Resolution Plan by the
Adjudicating Authority shall be deemed to be sufficient notice
which may be required to be given to any Person for such matter
and no further notice shall be required to be given;
14. all contracts (except for any contracts that vest property rights
(including but not limited to tenancy rights, intellectual property
rights, actionable claims and/or those rights which are beneficial
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Related Parties shall stand terminated at the discretion of
Resolution Applicant from the Sanction Date without payment of
any compensation and without any further act, deed or instrument
and all Liabilities and obligations of the Corporate Debtor or the
Resolution Applicant to such Related Parties shall be discharged
and be permanently extinguished
15. the employment terms of the employees of the Corporate Debtor
shall be in accordance with the standard policies of the Resolution
Applicant. For avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that except as
expressly set forth herein, no obligations or Liabilities of the
Corporate Debtor in respect of the employees pertaining to the
period prior to the Sanction Date are being assumed by the
Resolution Applicant. No employee of the Corporate Debtor shall
have any claim whatsoever against the Corporate Debtor
pertaining to the period prior to the Sanction Date.
Use of copy of the order of the Adjudicating Authority
16. A certified copy of the approved Resolution Plan and the order of
the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution Plan shall
constitute conclusive evidence of the rights and entitlements of the
Resolution Applicant and the Corporate Debtor as provided in the
Resolution Plan and the settlement of claims with the Financial
Creditors and discharge and extinguishment of all other claims and
obligations, rights and entitlements of Financial Creditors,
Operational Creditors and Other Creditors in accordance with the
Resolution
Plan
by
deemed
satisfaction,
discharge
or
extinguishment. A certified copy of the approved Resolution Plan
and the order of the Adjudicating Authority approving this
Resolution Plan shall, where applicable, constitute conclusive
evidence of any modifications or cancellation or abandonment of
contractual arrangements or agreements or leases or licenses as
recorded in the Resolution Plan. The mere production and delivery
of a certified copy of the approved Resolution Plan and the order
of the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution Plan shall
constitute proof of amendment of any constitutional documents of
the Corporate Debtor, the authority to create security over the
assets of the Corporate Debtor in favour of any refinancing
creditor, change in the shareholding of the Corporate Debtor or its
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cancellation of the share capital of the Corporate Debtor and
deemed delisting of the shares of the Corporate Debtor,
appointments of Key Managerial Personnel of the Corporate
Debtor, removal of the statutory auditor of the Corporate Debtor
(if so opted by the Resolution Applicant) or revisions in
agreements or arrangements by modification or cancellation or
abandonment thereof, without any further act or deed.
17. The mere production and lodgement of a certified copy of the
approved Resolution Plan and the order of the Adjudicating
Authority approving this Resolution Plan or a notarially certified
copy of the approved Resolution Plan and the order of the
Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution Plan before any
court or tribunal or regulator or government or arbitral tribunal or
any administrative authority or any other authority shall be
adequate and sufficient for such authorities (or the counter parties
to the Corporate Debtor to constitute the revised agreements or
arrangements or deemed modification or cancellation or
abandonment thereof) to cause the abatement of any cause of
action against the Corporate Debtor, or discharge or abatement of
any suit or action or claim made in arbitration against the
Corporate Debtor, or in any other judicial, quasi-judicial,
regulatory, administrative or government proceedings of
whatsoever nature in accordance with the approved Resolution
Plan. Any pending or future proceedings against the Corporate
Debtor which are contrary to or inconsistent with the terms of the
Resolution Plan shall be deemed to be not maintainable or to have
been terminated and closed upon the production and lodgement of
the certified copy of the approved Resolution Plan and the order
of the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution Plan or a
notarially certified copy of the approved Resolution Plan and the
order of the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution
Plan. The certified copy of the approved Resolution Plan shall be
posted on the website of the Corporate Debtor and the website of
the Resolution Applicant. Notwithstanding the generality of the
foregoing, all Proceedings shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn or dismissed and will be deemed to have been barred
with effect from the Transfer Date.

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Handover of Assets
18. Any and all Encumbrance over the Assets, property or bank
account of the Corporate Debtor shall stand released and / or
extinguished on the Sanction Date. Any Person (including a
Creditor or a Government Authority) who is in possession of the
Assets, property or bank account of the Corporate Debtor shall
allow possession of such Assets, property or bank account to the
Resolution Applicant on and from the Transfer Date, irrespective
of any symbolic or actual possession or attachment of Assets,
property or bank account by such Person prior to the Sanction
Date.
19. No Person (including a Creditor or a Government Authority) shall
take possession of and / or create Encumbrance or attach any
Assets of the Corporate Debtor after the Transfer Date on account
of any claim against the Corporate Debtor which relates to a period
prior to the Sanction Date.
20. The Monitoring Committee shall allow possession of the premises
/ offices of the Corporate Debtor, all passwords, bank account
details, cheque books, statutory registers, minutes books, financial
and tax records, all communication with vendors, customers,
government and regulatory authorities and all other documents
pertaining to the Corporate Debtor and its business, information
technology systems (including all software and hardware), access
to ERP system, etc to the Resolution Applicant within 7 (seven)
days of the Transfer Date.
21. All the attachments and execution process levied against the assets
of the Corporate Debtor, shall be lifted and released.
22. Any and all unauthorised possession/encroachments on the
movable/ immovable assets of the Corporate Debtor, irrespective
of period and irrespective of any claim on adverse possession
basis, to be declared vacated immediately and the Corporate
Debtor’s ownership and possession to be admitted and established.
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possession of all such assets and/or land not under its possession,
for which, whether or not any agreements have been made.
23. The intangible assets to which the Corporate Debtor is entitled to
and/or applied for and/or whether registered or not, whether in
possession or not, whether in use or not shall continue to be the
assets of the Corporate Debtor and all infringement and/or use by
any third party shall become invalid. All agreements/documents
where any such asset has been allowed to be used by any Related
Party of the existing Promoters stands null and void.
Lease Arrangements
24. Where Corporate Debtor is the lessee in respect of any land leased
to it by third party, such lease shall continue and nothing herein
shall have the effect of terminating the same, nor shall such change
in control amount to an assignment or attract any transfer charges.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In re:
_Resolution Plan of Jharkhand Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd.
[IA (IB)
No.842/KB/2021 in CP (IB) No.1231/KB/2019].
25. Immediately after the Transfer Date, the relevant lessors should
acknowledge that its dues from the Corporate Debtor is restricted
to the settlement amount proposed under this Plan and shall issue
a certificate to the Corporate Debtor to that effect.
26. The Corporate Debtor and the Resolution Applicant shall be
granted an exemption from the payment of transfer charges for the
period prior to the Transfer Date on the land parcel situated at Plots
No. 75-79 (Alindra) in the Savli Industrial Estate, within the
village limits of Alindra, Taluka Savli, District-Vadodara obtained
by the Corporate Debtor on lease from Gujarat Industrial
Development Corporation.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In Re._

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Resolution Plan of Castal Extrusion Private Limited[IA (IB) No.
277/KB/2021 in CP (IB) No. 438/KB/2018].
Right over immovable assets
27. The acquisition of the Corporate Debtor shall be subject to the
Resolution Applicant getting title of land owned by the Corporate
Debtor and title of such properties (whether or not movable) that
are attached to such immovable properties or and title of such
movable properties lying on such immovable properties.
28. In relation to any alleged transfer of any economic interest or other
beneficial interest by the corporate debtor to any party in the past
pertaining to the land parcels where the title and ownership is still
lying with the Corporate Debtor, the Resolution Applicant shall
have a right to terminate/ cancel such arrangement without any
liability (monetary or otherwise) on the Corporate Debtor/
Resolution Applicant. Also, any agreement, MOU, transfer of
rights or contract that hampers the assets/rights of Corporate
Debtor shall be considered void if the same has not been
registered/ presented before the concerned authority up to the
Transfer Date.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In Re.
_Resolution Plan of Bansal Alumex Private Limited
[IA(IB)235
/KB/2022 in CP(IB)No.1204/KB/2019].
Release of Security Deposit provided by Corporate Debtor
29. Approval of the Resolution Plan by the Adjudicating Authority
will be treated as specific order for waiver / release of any kind of
security deposits provided by the Corporate Debtor including but
not limited to various government authorities, corporates, private
person, government departments (Income Tax Department,
Customs
Department,
Excise
Department,
Service
Tax
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otherwise for any reason whatsoever, where the relevant
arrangement is being discontinued or terminated.
Effect on past liabilities
30. Upon approval of this Resolution Plan by the Adjudicating
Authority, all liabilities (including without limitation, for any
penalty, interest, fines or fees) (admitted/ verified/ filed or not) or
obligations of the Corporate Debtor, in relation to: (A) any
investigation, inquiry or showcause, whether civil or criminal; (B)
any non-compliance of provisions of any laws, rules, regulations,
directions, notifications, circulars, guidelines, policies, licenses,
approvals, consents or permissions; (C) change of control, transfer
charges, unearned increase, compensation or any other such
liability whatsoever under any contract, agreement, lease, license,
approval, consent, privilege or permission to which the Corporate
Debtor or its subsidiaries, joint ventures or associates are entitled;
(D) any leasehold rights or freehold rights to movable or
immovable properties in the possession of the Corporate Debtor;
(E) any contracts, agreements or commitments made by the
Corporate Debtor; whether admitted or not, due or contingent,
asserted or unasserted, crystallised or uncrystallised, known or
unknown, secured or unsecured, disputed or undisputed, present
or future, whether or not set out in the balance sheets of the
Corporate Debtor or the profit and loss account statement of the
Corporate Debtor, in relation to any period prior to the completion
date or arising on account of the acquisition of control by the
Resolution Applicant over the Corporate Debtor pursuant to this
Resolution Plan shall be written off in full and shall stand
permanently extinguished and the Corporate Debtor shall at no
point of time be directly or indirectly held responsible or liable in
relation thereto.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In re:
_Resolution Plan of Jharkhand Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd.
[IA (IB)
No.842/KB/2021 in CP (IB) No.1231/KB/2019].
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31. As the Resolution Applicant is required to takeover the Corporate
Debtor’s business on a ‘going concern’ basis, all consents,
licenses, approvals, clearances, rights, entitlements, benefits and
privileges whether under law, contract, lease or license, granted in
favour of the Corporate Debtor or to which the Corporate Debtor
is entitled or accustomed to, shall continue to remain valid,
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in their terms or on
account of change of management/ownership of the Corporate
Debtor, and provided that in case of consents, licenses, approvals,
rights, entitlements, benefits and privileges that have expired or
lapsed, notwithstanding that they may have already lapsed or
expired due to any breach, non-compliance or efflux of time, be
deemed to continue without disruption for the benefit of the
Corporate Debtor, till the implementation of the Resolution Plan,
as envisaged or such other period as required under Applicable
Law. The name of new management will be endorsed on all such
rights and entitlements as may be required only to the extent
necessary for operating the Corporate Debtor.
32. All Government Authorities:
(i) to provide reasonable time period of at least 12
(twelve) months after the Transfer Date in order to
enable Resolution Applicant to assess the status of
the business permits / statutory approvals and ensure
that the Corporate Debtor is compliant with the terms
of such business permits / statutory approvals and
Applicable Law;
(ii) should not initiate any investigations, actions or
proceedings in relation to such non-compliances;
(iii) should co-operate with the Corporate Debtor to
renew / obtain such permits / approvals;
(iv) permit the Resolution Applicant to continue to
operate the business of the Corporate Debtor pending
such permits / approvals at least till a period of 12
(twelve) months from the Transfer Date; and
(v) to not charge any charges, penalty, interest, etc., till
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It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had
already been allowed by Kolkata bench of the
Adjudicating Authority in_In re: Resolution Plan of_
Jharkhand Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd.[IA (IB)
No.842/KB/2021 in CP (IB) No.1231/KB/2019].
Contracts and Agreements
33. In the interest of keeping the Corporate Debtor as a ‘going
concern’, unless otherwise specified in the Resolution Plan, all
contracts and agreements shall continue to remain valid and
notwithstanding any lapse, non-compliance, breach or expiry of
underlying terms of such contracts and agreements or requirement
of prior approval upon change of control; these contracts and
agreements shall be deemed to continue without disruption and
without any further acts, deeds, cost, penalty, etc., for the benefit
of the Corporate Debtor for their original tenure including
subsequent tenures wherever the Corporate Debtor is entitled for
renewals.
34. Any change in the management of the Corporate Debtor shall not
affect the validity and enforceablitiy of any agreement, lease deed,
contract, etc. executed by the Corporate Debtor with various
parties, authorities, companies, etc. save and except the provisions
and scope of alterations/modifications/amendments as also such
reliefs and concessions provided to the Resolution Applicant and
the Corporate Debtor under this Resolution Plan.
35. The Resolution Applicant will, after the Transfer Date, make an
assessment of whether it wants to continue with or terminate the
contracts / agreements entered into by the Corporate Debtor. It is
clarified that in case the Resolution Applicant terminates any such
old contract / agreements, no termination payments or liquidated
damages shall be payable by the Resolution Applicant or
Corporate Debtor on account of such termination.
36. Status quo of the agreements in relation to all its existing
empanelment,_inter alia_including in railways and defence shall be
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Encumbrances
37. On and with effect from the Transfer Date, all Encumbrances,
security interest, liens and /or attachments including pursuant to
Applicable Law and particularly Sections 281 of the Income Tax
Act and Section 81 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act
created or suffered to exist over the assets of the Corporate Debtor
or over the securities of the Corporate Debtor, whether by contract
or by Applicable Law, whether or not in favour of Persons
receiving settlements under this Plan or those who have provided
debt to any third party, shall stand unconditionally and irrevocably
released and all enforcement proceedings commenced by any
Person over any of the assets of the Corporate Debtor or any
subsidiary or over any securities of the Corporate Debtor shall
stand released and reversed, without the requirements of any
further deed or action on part of the Resolution Applicant or the
Corporate Debtor
Utilities
38. All the electricity, water and other utilities in relation to the
existing units of the Corporate Debtor shall be continued and any
request for reconnection shall be allowed without any
reconnection charge or fresh security deposit
Inquiries and Investigations
39. Upon approval of this Resolution Plan by the Adjudicating
Authority, all inquiries, investigations and proceedings, whether
civil or criminal, notices, causes of action, suits, claims, disputes,
litigation, arbitration or other judicial, regulatory or administrative
proceedings against, or in relation to, or in connection with the
Corporate Debtor or the affairs of the Corporate Debtor, pending
or threatened, present or future, (including without limitation, any
investigation, action, proceeding, prosecution, whether civil or
criminal, by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Enforcement
Directorate or any other regulatory or enforcement agency), in
relation to any period prior to the Transfer Date or arising on
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over the Corporate Debtor pursuant to this Resolution Plan shall
stand withdrawn or dismissed and all liabilities or obligations in
relation thereto, whether or not set out in the balance sheets of the
Corporate Debtor or the profit and loss account statements of the
Corporate Debtor, will be deemed to have been written off in full
and permanently extinguished and the Corporate Debtor or the
Resolution Applicant shall at no point of time be, directly or
indirectly, held responsible or liable in relation thereto
notwithstanding any adverse order that may be passed in respect
of the same by any authority prior to or after the Transfer Date.
Upon approval of this Resolution Plan by the Adjudicating
Authority, all new inquiries, investigations, whether civil or
criminal, notices, suits, claims, disputes, litigation, arbitration or
other judicial, regulatory or administrative proceedings will be
deemed to be barred and will not be initiated or admitted against
the Corporate Debtor in relation to any period prior to the
acquisition of by the Resolution Applicant over the Corporate
Debtor or on account of the acquisition of control by the
Resolution Applicant over the Corporate Debtor pursuant to this
Resolution Plan.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In re:
_Resolution Plan of Jharkhand Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd.
[IA (IB)
No.842/KB/2021 in CP (IB) No.1231/KB/2019].
Prior non-compliances, breaches and defaults
40. Upon approval of the Resolution Plan by the Adjudicating
Authority, all non-compliances, breaches and defaults of the
Corporate Debtor for the period prior to the Transfer Date
(including but not limited to those relating to tax), shall be deemed
to be waived by the concerned Governmental Authorities.
Immunity shall be deemed to have been granted to the Corporate
Debtor from all proceedings and penalties under all Applicable
Laws for any non-compliance for the period prior to the Transfer
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noncompliance/ default/breach prior to the Transfer Date.
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, breaches,
contraventions or non-compliances of the Applicable Laws shall
be deemed to be permanently extinguished by virtue of the order
of the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution Plan, and
the Corporate Debtor or the Resolution Applicant shall at no point
of time, directly or indirectly, have any obligation, Liability or
duty in relation thereto.
41. The lenders (including Secured Financial Creditors) of the
Corporate Debtor shall regularize all the loan accounts of the
Corporate Debtor and shall ensure that the asset classification of
such loan accounts is "standard" in their books with effect from
the Transfer Date.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In Re.
_Resolution Plan of Marsons Limied
[IA (IB) No. 118/KB/2021 In
C.P. (IB) No. 628/KB/2018] and_In Re. Resolution Plan of Basu &
_Co. Road Contractors Private Limited
[IA (IB) No. 64/KB/2022
In C.P. (IB) No. 2050/KB/2019].
42. The past performance of the Corporate Debtor should not be
considered when the Corporate Debtor applies for credit rating
with any agency/bank/financial institutions.
Compliances under Companies Act
43. The Corporate Debtor, pursuant to the provisions of this
Resolution Plan and the authority contained therein, shall cause its
board of directors to take steps for implementation of the
provisions of the Resolution Plan, which_inter alia_includes – (i)
execution of appropriate loan agreement, modifications of
previous documents for creating security and filing of appropriate
forms under Company Law or other laws, with, amongst others,
the Registrar of Companies and Ministry of Corporate Affairs or
other statutory authorities; (ii) issuance of shares and instruments
as provided in the Resolution Plan; and (iii) other compliances as
per the governing law. The Corporate Debtor shall file the order of
the Adjudicating Authority approving this Resolution Plan with

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the Registrar of Companies and Ministry of Corporate Affairs or
any other regulatory authority, instead of resolution of board or the
shareholders of the Corporate Debtor that were otherwise required
for actions that are affected through an order of the Adjudicating
Authority approving this Resolution Plan, and that shall be
sufficient compliance by the Corporate Debtor.
44. The directors of the reconstituted Board shall not be liable for any
past non-compliances with the provisions of applicable laws by the
erstwhile Board of Directors of the Corporate Debtor.
45. Approval of this plan shall be deemed approval for removal of
Directors from the record of the Corporate Debtor as appearing on
the MCA portal/ website/ income tax web site/ Any Indirect tax
website. Certified copy of the order approving Resolution Plan
shall be a direction on such statutory authorities to do the needful.
Taxation
46. The Corporate Debtor and Resolution Applicant be exempted from
the applicability of the provisions of Sections 28, 41, 43B, 45, 56,
79, 179, 269-SS, 269-T, 281 and other applicable provisions of the
Income-Tax Act, 1961 for the purposes of implementation of this
Resolution Plan.
47. The Corporate Debtor or the Resolution Applicant shall not, at any
point of time, be held financially liable under the provisions in
relation to the Liability of the Corporate Debtor as per Section 170
of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in respect of any transaction carried
out before the Transfer Date or contemplated under the Resolution
Plan.
48. Necessary directions, instructions be issued to the CBDT and other
relevant Tax authorities to waive/exempt the applicability of
Sections 56 and 50CA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in respect of
reduction of capital of the Existing Shareholders of the Corporate
Debtor,issuance of shares by the Corporate Debtor and increase
of authorised share capital in terms of Resolution Plan,and any
of these transactions shall not result in any tax incidence in the
hands of the Corporate Debtor or the Resolution Applicant under
the aforesaid sections whether on account of valuation or
otherwise.

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49. The CBDT under its notification dated January 6, 2018 has eased
the applicability of provisions relating to levy of Minimum
Alternate Tax (“MAT”) for companies against whom CIRP has
commenced. In accordance with the aforesaid notification, the
CBDT is requested to allow the reduction of total amount of loss
brought forward (including unabsorbed depreciation) from the
book profits of the Corporate Debtor for the purposes of levy under
Section 115 JB of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The CBDT is also
requested to waive and exempt all MAT and other income tax
Liabilities arising on the Corporate Debtor and/or its successors on
account of settlement of Financial Creditors and Operational
Creditors pursuant to implementation of this Plan.
50. Necessary directions, instructions be issued to the CBDT,
Customs, Value Added Tax authorities, Central Sale Tax
authorities, GST authorities, entry tax and other Tax authorities
whether central or state to exempt income/gain/profits, if any,
arising as a result of giving effect to the Resolution Plan and from
being subjected to income tax in the hands of the Corporate Debtor
or the Resolution Applicant under the provisions of Income Tax
Act, 1961, value added tax, customs, octroi, excise duty, service
tax, goods and service tax, including but not limited to any income
tax and MAT Liability arising on capital reduction in the
Corporate Debtor, waiver/write off/ write down of current
amounts due to employees, vendors, Operational Creditors,
Financial Creditors, value of assets, value of inventories, etc.
without any impact on brought forward tax and book loss /
depreciation and waive all Liabilities whether crystallised or not
in respect of Taxes (including interest and penalty) arising in
respect of periods up to the Sanction Date and arising out of
implementation or sanction of the Resolution Plan.
51. It is further clarified that a company is not ordinarily permitted to
carry forward its accumulated business losses in case of a change
in the shareholding of such company in excess of 51% (fifty-one
percent) as per Section 79 of the Income-tax Act,1961. However,
this restriction does not apply if such change in shareholding takes
place pursuant to a resolution plan approved under the Code,
provided that the jurisdictional Principal Commissioner of
Income-tax or the jurisdictional Commissioner of Income-tax (as
appropriate), is afforded reasonable opportunity to express his
views in this regard. Accordingly, the Adjudicating Authority be
pleased to or cause the Resolution Professional or the reconstituted

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board of Corporate Debtor, or cause the Corporate Debtor to, serve
a notice to jurisdictional Principal Commissioner of Income-tax or
the jurisdictional Commissioner of Income-tax (as appropriate)
immediately after this Resolution Plan is submitted to the
Adjudicating Authority for its approval, and it is prayed that the
Corporate Debtor should be permitted to carry forward its
unabsorbed business losses notwithstanding a change in the
shareholding of the Company in excess of 51% (fifty one percent)
pursuant to this Resolution Plan.
Waiver of Transaction Fees, Stamp Duty
52. The Collector of Stamps, Revenue Department of concerned State
Government and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to exempt the
Resolution Applicant and the Corporate Debtor, from the levy of
stamp duty and fees applicable in relation to this Resolution Plan
and its implementation, Including any stamp duty applicable on
and the issue of shares or Merger Scheme by the Corporate Debtor.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In Re.
_Resolution Plan of Basu & Co. Road Contractors Private Limited

[IA (IB) No. 64/KB/2022 In C.P. (IB) No. 2050/KB/2019] and in
In Re. Resolution Plan of Castal Extrusion Private Limited[IA
(IB) No. 277/KB/2021 in CP (IB) No. 438/KB/2018].
53. Necessary directions, instructions be issued to all relevant
Governmental Authorities to grant relief/concessions from
payment of fees, charges, transfer charges, assignment charges,
stamp duty, registration fees (including fees payable to the
jurisdictional RoC) for various actions contemplated under this
Resolution Plan (including capital reduction,issuance of shares
by the Corporate Debtor or increase in authorised share capital
or Merger Scheme), appointment of Board of Directors including
Key Managerial Personnel and any other action taken to
implement the Resolution Plan and that the fees payable to the
RoC in respect of amendment of the memorandum of association
and articles of association of the Corporate Debtor be waived and
the RoC be directed to approve the relevant forms under
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respect thereof. Similarly, the stamp duty arising onissuance of
shares by the Corporate Debtor be waived.
54. It is envisaged that, dispensation/ waiver be given by the State
Governments, Central Governments or any other authorities, from
payment of any stamp duty on transfer of land, salami on transfer,
transfer fees on account of change in shareholdings pursuant to this
plan, Khazana, land taxes, conversion of land including interest,
penalty or other charges/fees relating to the transfer/takeover of
assets or state levies which may arise in the event of change in
management of the Corporate Debtor pursuant to the acceptance
of this Resolution Plan. Further direction be issued to the state
authorities for suitably amending all the licenses and rights
pursuant to the change of management on acceptance of the
Resolution Plan. Any subsidies or entitlements, which are accruing
to the Corporate Debtor either before or after the approval of the
Resolution Plan, are to be continued.
It may be noted that approval for similar waiver had already been
allowed by Kolkata bench of the Adjudicating Authority in_In Re.
_Resolution Plan of Bansal Alumex Private Limited
[IA(IB)235
/KB/2022 in CP(IB)No.1204/KB/2019].
Claims by Statutory Authorities
55. All statutory Liabilities pertaining to the period prior to the
Transfer Date or pertaining to or arising out of implementation of
this Resolution Plan shall not be required to be paid and the same
shall be binding on all such statutory authorities.
Treatment of Workmen/Employee Dues
56. The employment terms of the employees of the Corporate Debtor
shall be in accordance with the standard policies of the Resolution
Applicant. For avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that, except
expressly set forth herein, no obligations or Liabilities of the
Corporate Debtor in respect of the employees pertaining to the
period up to the Transfer Date are being assumed by the Resolution
Applicant. No employee of the Corporate Debtor shall have any
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period prior to the Transfer Date except to the extent provided for
payment by the Resolution Applicant in this Resolution Plan, if
applicable.
57. All the pending claims pertaining to claim for gratuity pending
before the competent authority, including the Joint Labour
Commissioner, Asansol, shall stand quashed.
Benefits received by the Corporate Debtor
58. That the Corporate Debtor or Resolution Applicant shall not be
required to refund any benefit (subsidy / incentive or any monetary
benefit) already availed by the Corporate Debtor or pay any
interest, penalty, late fees, damages on account of failure of the
Corporate Debtor to comply with the terms and conditions for
grant of such incentive/subsidy/benefit or due to change in
management arising due to implementation of the Resolution Plan
and no litigation/proceedings shall be instituted against the
Corporate Debtor or Resolution Applicant on this account and any
pending litigation/proceedings shall stand quashed/withdrawn
without any Liability on the Corporate Debtor/Resolution
Applicant and the relevant authority including any district
industrial center / State Government / Central Government or any
implementing authority appointed under any law for the time
being in force shall act in accordance with the aforesaid directions.
Miscellaneous
59. The Corporate Debtor shall, at the option of the Resolution
Applicant, recast its books of accounts to give effect to this
Resolution Plan i.e., to_inter alia_give effect to reduction of capital,
set off the balance in the security premium reserve, impairment of
assets, write back/write off the debt/Liabilities etc., and make the
consequential adjustment in retained earning without requiring to
comply with any procedure.
60. The Resolution Applicant shall have the right to recover and take
necessary action of all actionable claims including loans and
advances (provided or not provided or written off).
61. The assets/properties which are owned and/or recorded in the
books
of
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deeds/agreements/any other documents are not traceable shall be
deemed to be the assets of the Corporate Debtor and the Corporate
Debtor shall be entitled to obtain the certified true copy from such
authority where such documents are registered or the photo copy
thereof would be treated as the valid original documents for
claiming the title over such properties and/or for dealing with such
properties.
62. Transfer of any amount lying in the banks for more than 7 (seven)
years or otherwise to investor protection fund under the provisions
of Companies Act shall be exempted and use of such funds in
operating the Corporate Debtor shall be allowed in the interest of
all stakeholders.
63. On and from the Sanction Date, by order of the Adjudicating
Authority sanctioning this Resolution Plan, a restraint on, and
prohibition of, all Adverse Actions shall be deemed to be declared
until implementation of this Resolution Plan in full (including until
the Transfer Date). All stakeholders shall be bound by the
provisions of this Resolution Plan and such restraint and
prohibition.
64. The amount infused by the Resolution Applicant in the Corporate
Debtor for payment of dues of Financial Creditors as per this
Resolution Plan shall not be termed as ‘deposits’ under sections 73
to 76 of the Companies Act and the rules made thereunder.
65. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the powers of attorney
or authorisations issued by the corporate debtor shall stand
cancelled without any further act, instrument or deed.
Treatment of debts barred by limitation
66. As of the Transfer Date, any debt owed by the Corporate Debtor
to any Operational Creditor, which is barred by limitation under
the Applicable Laws, shall immediately, irrevocably and
unconditionally stand extinguished, waived and withdrawn on and
from the Transfer Date, and no person shall have any further rights
or claims against the Corporate Debtor in this regard.
Right to recover any amount from the existing debtors of the
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67. Upon approval of the plan by Adjudicating Authority the
Resolution Applicant will have all the rights to recover from the
debtors of the Corporate Debtor any amount lying as due in the
books of account as on the CIRP Commencement Date.

Orders

  1. On hearing the submissions made by the Resolution Professional, and perusing the record, we find that the Resolution Plan has been approved with 99.787% voting share. As per the CoC, the plan meets the requirement of being viable and feasible for revival of the Corporate Debtor. By and large, all the compliances have been done by the RP and the Resolution Applicant for making the plan effective after approval by this Bench.

  2. On perusal of the documents on record, we are satisfied that the Resolution Plan is in accordance with sections 30 and 31 of the IBC and also complies with regulations 38 and 39 of the IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016.

  3. As far as the question of granting time to comply with the statutory obligations or seeking approvals from authorities is concerned, the Resolution Applicant is directed to do so within one year from the date of this order, as prescribed under section 31(4) of the Code.

  4. We have perused the reliefs, waivers and concessions as sought and as given in Clauses 6 and 7 at Pages 95 to 109 of the Resolution Plan. While some of the reliefs, waivers and concessions sought by the Resolution Applicant come within the purview of the Code while many others fall under the power and jurisdiction of different government authorities/departments This Adjudicating Authority has power to grant

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reliefs, waivers and concessions only in relation to the Code and the Companies Act 2013 (within the powers of the NCLT) for achieving the objective of the Code. No reliefs, waivers and concessions that fall within the domain of other government department/authorities are granted. The reliefs, waivers and concessions that pertain to other governmental authorities/departments shall be dealt with the respective competent authorities/forums/offices, Government or Semi Government of the State or Central Government with regard to the respective reliefs, waivers and concessions. The competent authorities including the Appellate authorities may consider grant such reliefs, waivers and concessions keeping in view the spirit of the Code.

  1. The Resolution Plan should be consistent with extant law. The Resolution Applicant shall make necessary applications to the concerned regulatory or statutory authorities for renewal of business permits and supply of essential services,if required, and all necessary forms along with filing fees etc. and such authority shall also consider the same keeping in mind the objectives of the Code, which is essentially the resolving of the insolvency of the Corporate Debtor.

  2. The reliefs sought with respect to subsisting contracts/agreements can be granted, and no blanket orders can be granted in the absence of the parties to the contracts and agreements.

With respect to the waivers with regard to extinguishment of claims which arose Pre-CIRP and which have not been claimed are granted in terms of Ghanashyam Mishra and Sons Pvt Ltd v Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd ,[5] wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that once a resolution plan is duly approved by the Adjudicating Authority under sub-section (1) of section 31, the claims as provided in the resolution plan shall stand frozen and will be binding on the

5 2021 SCC OnLine SC 313 decided on 13.04.2021.

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Corporate Debtor and its employees, members, creditors, including the Central Govt, any State Govt or any local authority, guarantors and other stakeholders. We place reliance on the recent judgement of Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of EMC v. State of Rajasthan wherein it has been inter-alia held that :

“Law is well-settled that with the finalization of insolvency resolution plan and the approval thereof by the NCLT, all dues of creditors, Corporate, Statutory and others stand extinguished and no demand can be raised for the period prior to the specified date.”

On the date of approval of resolution plan by the Adjudicating Authority, all such claims, which are not a part of resolution plan, shall stand extinguished and no person will be entitled to initiate or continue any proceedings in respect to a claim, which is not part of the resolution plan. The Hon'ble Supreme Court also held that all the dues including the statutory dues owed to the Central Govt, any State Govt or any local authority, if not part of the resolution plan, shall stand extinguished and no proceedings in respect of such dues for the period prior to the date on which the Adjudicating Authority grants its approval under section 31 could be continued.

  1. With respect to the waivers sought in relation to guarantors, the judgment of Lalit Kumar Jain v Union of India & ors,[6] wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court held in para 133 that sanction of a resolution plan and finality imparted to it by section 31 does not per se operate as a discharge of the guarantor's liability shall apply.

  2. With respect to the reliefs and waivers sought for all inquiries, litigations, investigations and proceedings shall be granted strictly as per the section 32A of the Code.

6 2021 SCC OnLine SC 396 decided on 21.05.2021.

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  1. In case of non-compliance of this order or withdrawal of Resolution Plan, the payments already made by the Resolution Applicant shall be liable for forfeiture.

  2. Subject to the observations made in this Order, the Resolution Plan dated 22 April 2022, is hereby APPROVED by this Bench. The Resolution Plan shall form part of this Order. The Resolution Plan thus approved shall be binding on the Corporate Debtor and other stakeholders involved in terms of section 31 of the Code, so that revival of the Debtor Company shall come into force with immediate effect.

  3. The Moratorium imposed under section 14 of the Code shall cease to have effect from the date of this order.

  4. The Resolution Professional shall submit copies of the records collected during the commencement of the proceedings to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India for their record and also return to the Resolution Applicant or New Promoters.

  5. Liberty is hereby granted for moving any application if required in connection with implementation of this Resolution Plan.

  6. A copy of this Order is to be submitted to the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal.

  7. The Resolution Professional shall stand discharged from his duties with effect from the date of this Order, save and except the duties envisaged in the Resolution Plan.

  8. The Resolution Professional is further directed to handover all records, premises/factories/documents to the Resolution Applicant to finalise the further line of action required for starting of the operation. The Resolution Applicant shall have access to all the records and premises

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of the corporate debtor through the Resolution Professional to finalise

the further line of action required for starting of the operation.

45. I.A. (IB) No. 1214/KB/2022 in the main Company Petition, i.e., C.P. (IB) No. 131/KB/2020 shall stand disposed of accordingly.

  1. The Registry is directed to send e-mail copies of the order forthwith to all the parties for information and for taking necessary steps.

  2. Certified copy of this order may be issued, if applied for, upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

Balraj Joshi Member (Tech n ical)

Rohit Kapoor Member (Judicial)

Order signed on the 24[th] day of February 2023.

GGRB[LRA]

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