*1* ca.493.11.cp.110.00.954.sxw kps IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMPANY APPLICATION NO.493 OF 2011 IN COMPANY PETITION NO.110 OF 2000 Jethmal Mohanlal Khiwansara and others. ..Applicants -versus- The Official Liquidator of M/s Pal Peugeot Ltd.. ..Respondent -And- Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction. ..Petitioner ............ Mr.N.N.Shimpi, for the Applicants. Ms.Rupa Surve, Assistant Official Liquidator, present. ............ CORAM : S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J. Date : 18th November, 2011. P.C.: 1 Mr.Shimpi, learned counsel appearing in support of this application, states that the Applicants are not desirous of seeking leave under section 446 of the Companies Act, 1956, but would be satisfied if the direction is issued accepting their claims by condoning the delay in lodging the proof of debts with the Official Liquidator. 2 In such circumstances, no relief is granted in terms of prayer clause (b) of this application, as it is not pressed. 3 Having perused the application and the affidavit in support, I am satisfied that the delay of one year in filing the proof of debts with the Official Liquidator deserves to be condoned and it is, accordingly, condoned. The Company Application is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). The claim be adjudicated as expeditiously as possible. No order as to costs. (S.C. Dharmadhikari, J)