IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO.1531/2011

M/S INDIAN METALS & FERRO ALLOYS LIMITED & ANR. Appellant(s)

VERSUS

GOVERNMENT OF ORISSA & ANR. Respondent(s)

O R D E R

IA No. 43266/2023 - WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION IN C.A. No.1531/2011

The application has been filed seeking to withdraw the Civil Appeal No.1531/2011 to avail of the benefit of a Scheme of the Government of Odisha as a One Time Settlement of arrears of electricity dues and interest dated 30.11.2022.

Learned counsel for the applicant points out that the case of the applicant would fall within the category-I(v).

The aforesaid position is not disputed by learned counsel for the State.

In view thereof, certain directions are sought and we thus, dispose of the application in the following terms:

(1) The appeal shall stand dismissed as withdrawn;

(2) The case of the appellant/applicant will be considered under the Scheme dated 30.11.2022; (3) In order to meet the requirements of sub-

clause (v) of category-I, the amount deposited by the the appellant in the State Bank of India, Bhubaneswar along with accrued interest would be released to the applicant and simultaneously thereafter the principal with interest along with TDS will be transmitted to the treasury account. This is so that the same is in terms of the OTS Scheme.

On the aforesaid being completed, the escrow account be closed by the Bank which is stated to have been opened as per the directions of the Court.

The application is allowed in the aforesaid terms.

C.A. No. 1531/2011

The appeal is dismissed as withdrawn in terms of the order passed in IA No.43266/2023.

……………………………………………...J. [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL]

……………………………………………...J. [AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH]

……………………………………………...J. [ARAVIND KUMAR]

NEW DELHI; MARCH 14, 2023. ITEM NO.29 COURT NO.2 SECTION IV-C S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Civil Appeal No(s). 5172/2007 STATE OF CHATTISGARH & ORS.ETC. Appellant(s) VERSUS A.C.C. LTD & ORS.ETC. Respondent(s) ([ TO GO BEFORE THREE HON'BLE JUDGES ][ FOR DIRECTIONS ] [TO BE TAKEN UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER FRESH MATTERS] WITH C.A. No. 6321/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6223/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6696-6697/2022 (XI-A) C.A. No. 5291/2007 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6306/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6307/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6308/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 5180/2007 (IV-C) C.A. No. 5177/2007 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6309/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6310/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6312/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6314-6319/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6320/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6313/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6324/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6323/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6322/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6311/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 6331/2022 (IV-C) C.A. No. 4590/2009 (IV-C) C.A. No. 1531/2011 (XI-A) IA No. 43266/2023 - WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION Date : 14-03-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR For Appellant(s) Mr. Akshat Shrivastava, AOR Mr. Vinod Prasad, Adv.

Mrs. Pooja Shrivastava, Adv.

Mr. Satvic Mathur, Adv. Ms. Manjeet Kirpal, AOR Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Chirag Nayak, Adv. Mr. Chirag Nayak, Adv. Ms. Parul Shukla, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Surender Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv. Ms. Suman Yadav, Adv. Ms. Nikhita Khetrapal, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR M/S. Gagrat And Co, AOR Mr. Ujjwal A. Rana, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehta, Adv. Mr. Satish Chandra Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Aniruddha Purushotham, Adv. Mr. Gagan Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Vikram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv. Mr. Mohan Prasad Gupta, Adv. Mr. Niraj Sharma, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Mahima Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Mr. Rohit R. Saboo, Adv. Mr. Drupadh Waghani, Adv. Ms. Honey Satpal, Adv. Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv. Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Ashok Grover, Sr. Adv. Mr. Praveen Kumar, AOR Ms. Sunaina Kuma, Adv.

Mr. Satish Chandra Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prabudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Purushotham, Adv. Mr. Sourav Roy, D.A.G. Mr. Rishabh Nigam, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gagan Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Vikram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prabudh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Devika Khanna, Adv. Mrs. V. D. Khanna, Adv. Mr. Vmz Chambers, AOR Miss Pratiksha Sharma, AOR Mr. Subhash Samvatsar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sumeet Samvatsar, Adv. Mr. Nitin S. Tambwekar, Adv. Mr. Kaustubh Fadnis, Adv. Mr. Seshatalpa Sai Bandaru, AOR For Respondent(s) Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prabudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Nikhilesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Devika Khanna, Adv. Mrs. V.D. Khanna, Adv. Mr. Vmz Chambers, AOR M/S. Gagrat And Co, AOR Mr. Ujjwal A. Rana, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehta, Adv. Mr. Shivanshu Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Rishi Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Anne Mathew, Adv. Mr. Bharat Sood, Adv. Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, AOR Mr. Aakash Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Avirat Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mrs. Vanita Bhargava, Adv. Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv.

Mr. Shantanu Chaturvedi, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Shivam Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, AOR Mr. Korah Joy, Adv. Mr. Amir Kaleem, Adv. Mr. Shaikh Saipan Dastgir, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Chirag Nayak, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Parija, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prasenjeet Mohapatra, AOR Ms. Nitya Thakur, Adv. Mr. Manish Paliwal, AOR Ms. Megha Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Umakant Misra, Adv. Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv. Mr. Sunil Mund, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aashish Anand Bernard, Adv. Mr. Paramhans Sahani, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Navin Prakash, AOR Mr. Shantanu Kumar, AOR Mr. Sakesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Gitanjali N. Sharma, Adv. Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya, AOR Mr. Satish Chandra Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Aniruddha Purushotham, Adv.

Mr. Gagan Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Vikram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv. Mr. Vikas Kumar, Adv. Ms. Parul Manral, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Menghani, Adv. Mr. Sangam Panghal, Adv. Mrs. Meenakshi Saini, Adv. Mr. Ankit Vashisht, Adv. M/S Corporate Legal Partners, AOR Mr. Rupesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Shrivastava, Adv.

Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

IA No. 43266/2023 - WITHDRAWAL OF CASE / APPLICATION IN C.A. No.1531/2011

The application is allowed and the appeal is dismissed as withdrawn in terms of the signed order.

REST OF THE MATTERS

Mr. Amit Pai, learned counsel submits that still some of the parties have not given their written synopsis or the list of judgments as a result of which the compilation has not been filed.

He however, submits that in order to facilitate hearing, deadline may be fixed whereafter it should be presumed that the remaining parties are not interested in supplementing the synopsis/judgments as may be filed by others and their right to file so would stand closed.

We agree with the aforesaid and grant time till

the end of this month for the parties to do whatever they deem proper where after the compilation will be filed. Compilation to be filed by 14th April, 2023.

List on 18th April, 2023 for directions in the miscellaneous matters to ensure that the house keeping task is over so that the matters can be set down for hearing immediately thereafter.

(ASHA SUNDRIYAL) (POONAM VAID) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH) [Signed order in CA No.1531/2011 is placed on the file]