*1* cp.1007.02.sxw kps I N THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMPANY PETITION NO.1007 OF 2002 Sudhir Vithal Joshi and others. ..Petitioners -Versus- M/s MEK Slotted Angles (I) Ltd.. ..Respondent .......... Mr.Sagar Joshi i/b Vandana Deshpande for the Petitioners. None for the Respondent. .......... CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE : 04th August, 2010. P.C. 1 This is a petition for winding up the Respondent Company. 2 The original Petitioner having expired his heirs have been impleaded in his place. According to the original Petitioner, a sum of Rs.1,77,000/- was due and payable by the Respondent to him on account of service dues. The Petitioner addressed a statutory notice. The Respondent by its reply dated 21.03.2002 stated that it was going through a difficult situation and requested the Petitioner to bear with them for some more time. There is clear acknowledgment of the liability. The Company was absent when the petition was admitted on 24.07.2003. The Company is also absent today. 3 The packet containing a notice under Section 28 was *2* cp.1007.02.sxw returned with a postal remark “Company is always closed. Return to sender”. There is nothing to indicate that the notice was not served at the registered address of the Company. 4 In the circumstances, the petition is made absolute in terms of the prayer clauses (a) and (b) which read thus:- “(a) That the said Company MEK Slotted Angles (India) Ltd. may be ordered to be wound up by and under the orders and directions of this Hon’ble Court under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956; (b) That the Official Liquidator, High Court, be appointed as Liquidator of the said Company with all necessary powers to take charge of the assets of the said Company and distribute its assets in accordance with law.” 5 The Petitioner shall also be entitled to the costs fixed at Rs.5,000/- which may be recovered in the winding up proceedings. -