Sippriya Oil Mills repd by its Proprietor Mr. John Peter v. The Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd repd by its branch mgr 46
2008-08-07
M.JAICHANDREN
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DigiLaw.ai
Judgment :- Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing for the respondent. 2. It is stated on behalf of the petitioner that a loan for a sum of Rs.5,37,900/- had been taken from the respondent in the month of January, 1994, for commencing an oil mill at Kooturavupatti village in Sivaganga Taluk. However, after the construction of the factory and the installation of the machineries, there was a glut in the market due to the availability of palm oil at a very low price. In spite of the petitioner mill suffering due to various reasons, a sum of nearly Rs.3,00,000/- was deposited with the respondent. However, without considering the totality of the circumstances, the respondent had taken possession of the factory, on 23. 1998, without following the procedure known to law. When the respondent brought the property for auction, there were no bidders. Thereafter, the petitioner had offered to deposit Rs.1/4th of the sum claimed by the respondent and had also undertaken to pay the balance subject to the respondent waiving the interest. Since the respondent had accepted the offer, the petitioner had paid a sum of Rs.3,25,000/-, on 23. 2000 and the possession of the factory had also been taken. In spite of the deposit being made, the respondent had issued the impugned notice, dated 1. 2001, without following the due procedures established by law. Aggrieved by the said impugned order, the petitioner had preferred the present writ petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying the reliefs as stated therein. 3. At the stage of the hearing of the writ petition, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent had submitted that the entire amount due from the petitioner had been paid to the respondent and that the respondent had returned the original documents belonging to the petitioner, based on which the loan had been granted. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner had not refuted the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the respondent. 5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsels appearing for the parties concerned, this Court is of the considered view that no further orders are required to be passed in the present writ petition. Hence, the writ petition stands closed. Consequently, connected W.M.P.No.1642 of 2001, M.P.Nos.18900 and 18901 of 2006 are closed. No costs.