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2021 (3) TMI 1386 - Tri - Insolvency and BankruptcySeeking direction to Resolution Professional to restore the claim of the applicant as it was lodged in accordance with the arbitration award - seeking to direct the RP to provide details, documents and information sought by the applicant in stipulated time period - HELD THAT:- It is found that RP received the claim from the applicant and verified the same according to the information available, thereafter, on receipt of additional information from Mr. Vasant Modi (Suspended Board of management) regarding the arbitration award. Hence the claim was provisionally admitted taking into consideration the arbitration award. However, on receipt of a mail from suspended board of management and RBI, as stated herein above, the claim of the applicant is refused by the RP. The said facts are duly been updated to the applicant about the status of his claim. Based on the documents and the information so provided by the applicant, the RP has to collate and place the same before the CoC for their decision. The Supreme Court of India in Essar Steel India Limited [2019 (11) TMI 731 - SUPREME COURT] as relied by the RP, wherein it is observed that it is the responsibility of the RP to collect, collate and finally admit claims of all creditors. The role of the RP is not adjudicatory but administrative. Hence, the allegation so made by the applicant in the application is baseless and without any substance. The application so filed by the applicant is not maintainable, as the RP has already collated the genuine claim of the applicant based on the document, so filed by the applicant - Application dismissed.
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