LAWS(SC)-2008-11-120

OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR Vs. DAYANAND

Decided On November 04, 2008
OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR Appellant
V/S
DAYANAND Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted in S.L.P. (C) Nos. 12798/2005 and 13838/2006.

(2.) These appeals are directed against the orders of Calcutta and Delhi High Courts, whereby directions have been issued to the appellants herein to absorb the persons employed by the Official Liquidators attached to those High Courts under Rule 308 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959 (for short Rs. the 1959 Rules) against the posts sanctioned by the Government of India, Department of Company Affairs. FACTS

(3.) For the sake of convenience, we have culled out the facts from the pleadings of Writ Petition No. 1387 of 2001 filed by Tapas Chakraborty and 109 others in Calcutta High Court, Writ Petition No. 2728 of 2001 filed by Smt. Daya Dua and Ors. in Delhi High Court, the record of these appeals and documents filed/produced by the learned counsel for the parties during the pendency of the appeals. These are: