As per the certified copy of the annual return made up to 15th February, 1984 548 the shareholders of appellant No. 1 (company) were as fol lows: Mr. S.K. Desor 600 shares Mrs. Amrit Kaur Singh 545 shares Mr. Yash Pal Malhotra 250 shares Mrs. Amrit Gupta 200 shares Mrs. Savitri Devi Kohli 5 shares Mr. A.S. Saluja 5 shares Mr. Balwant Singh 405 shares 2010 shares A petition under sections 397 & 398 of the Act and in the alternative for winding up of the company was filed by the respondents on 25th March, 1985, wherein it was alleged that on 12th March, 1985 respondent No. 1, being the widow of late Mr. S.K. Desor, applied as a legal heir of late S.K. Desor to the Board of Directors of the appellantcompany for transmission of 850 shares held by her late husband.