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2022 (3) TMI 416 - NATIONAL COMPANY LAW APPELLATE TRIBUNAL , PRINCIPAL BENCH , NEW DELHIMaintainability of application - initiation of CIRP - Corporate Debtor failed to make repayment of its dues - Operational Creditors - application barred by time limitation or not - HELD THAT:- It is well settled that on acknowledgment by Corporate Debtor of the debt limitation is extended as per Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963. Learned counsel for the Appellant submits that confirmation of account sent by the Corporate Debtor from 01.04.2010 to 31.05.2016 were on the record of the Adjudicating Authority where the debt of ₹ 30,27,622/- was mentioned while confirming the account by the Corporate Debtor. The last confirmation of account being issued on 31.05.2016 for the period 01.04.2016 to 30.05.2016, thus the Appellant can clearly claim the benefit of Section 18 of the Limitation Act and application having been filed within three years from the last letter of acknowledgment on 31.05.2016 the application was well within time. The Adjudicating Authority has not referred to the acknowledgment i.e. confirmation of accounts, which letters were issued by the Corporate Debtor and which were on the record of the Adjudicating Authority. The confirmation of account letters issued by the Corporate Debtor to the Operational Creditor clearly extend the period of limitation for the Appellant to file application under Section 9 - the Adjudicating Authority committed error in rejecting the application as barred by time - appeal allowed.
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