(1.) THESE four (4) Letters Patent Appeals involving similar questions of law and fact were taken up for hearing together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
(2.) THE basic fact of the matter is being noticed from L.P.A. No. 610 of 2001. The appellant is a company incorporated under the Companies Act.
(3.) BEFORE proceeding to deal with the matter, we may notice that there exists a controversy as regard genuineness or otherwise of the letter dated 12 -10 -1994, which is annexed as Annexure - P/8 to LPA No. 610 of 2001 and it is in the following terms : -