1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY O. O. C. J. COMPANY PETITION NO.92 OF 1972 Ms. Mehra C. Mistry ..Petitioner. Vs. M/s. Natson Meg. Co. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.333 OF 1979 Bombay Sales Agencies ..Petitioner. Vs. Ajanta Paper & General Products Pvt. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.214 OF 1980 L. J. Soman & Anr. ..Petitioners. Vs. Centron Conglomerate Pvt. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.297 OF 1980 The Bombay Mercantile Co-op. Bank Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Shakti Exports Pvt. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.461 OF 1980 Catalyst India Pvt. Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Cotalyst India Pvt. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.465 OF 1980 Gogte Steels Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Gogte Steels Ltd. ..Respondent. 2 WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.400 OF 1981 Assam Roller Flour Mills ..Petitioner. Vs. The Vyas Bank Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.577 OF 1983 Sudha Shrivastav & Anr. ..Petitioners. Vs. Leela Chitnis Studios Pvt. Ltd. .. Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.41 OF 1985 Banque Indosuez ..Petitioner. Vs. Express Industrial Services Pvt. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.54 OF 1985 Metro Steel Corpn. ..Petitioner. Vs. Uniroyal Engg. Pvt. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.374 OF 1985 Modi Coal Co. ..Petitioner. Vs. Nitin Synthetics & Cotton Processors Pvt. Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.378 OF 1985 R & P not traceable. Name of the parties not shown in the Register. 3 WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.312 OF 1986 Sudhagad Rubber Inds. Pvt. Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Star Industrial Textile Enterprises Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.113 OF 1987 Giribala H. Shah ..Petitioner. Vs. Star Industrial & Textile Enterprises Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.493 OF 1989 Pioneer Leasing (India) Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Numech Emevallage Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.166 OF 1990 ALONG WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.542 OF 1990 H.S. Mehta & Ors. ..Petitioners. Vs. Genelec Ltd. & Ors. ..Respondents. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.724 OF 1997 Times Guaranty Financials Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Gresoil (I) Ltd. ..Respondent. WITH COMPANY PETITION NO.849 OF 1997 4 Industrial Investment Trust Corporate Services Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. D.K. Chemo Plast Ltd. ..Respondent. .... None present CORAM: DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. 14th March, 2007. P.C. : This batch of matters has been placed for directions before the Court. The Company Registrar has informed the Court that the proceedings are not traceable and in all probabilities the parties have lost interest in pursuing the proceedings. None of the advocates appearing on behalf of the contesting parties are present. In these circumstances, it would be appropriate to pass the following order : i) The Company Petitions are dismissed for want of prosecution; ii) In the event that any of the Petitioners are interested in 5 pursuing the proceedings arising out of the Company Petitions, the learned advocates concerned shall within a period of two weeks inform the Company Registrar and take steps within a period of four weeks thereafter for reconstructing the record. In that event, the Company Registrar shall place the concerned Petitions before the Court for further directions; iii) In the event that any of the companies who are Respondents to the proceedings have already been wound up, the Petitioners would be at liberty to pursue their claims in liquidation.