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2022 (6) TMI 384 - Tri - Insolvency and BankruptcyMaintainability of application - initiation of CIRP - Corporate Debtor failed to make repayment of its dues - Operational Creditors - existence of debt and dispute or not - Service of demand notice - time limitation - whether the demand notice in Form 3 dated 29.08.2019 was properly served? - HELD THAT:- The petitioner has placed a tracking report, whereunder it was stated that the speed post was delivered to the corporate debtor. Whether the operational debt was disputed by the corporate debtor? - HELD THAT:- It is to be noted that respondentcorporate debtor in its reply has admitted that its liability and inability to pay the debt. Moreover, petitioner has appended affidavit u/s 9(3)(b) stating that corporate debtor has not issued any notice or raised any dispute regarding the debt for which the present petition has been filed by the operational creditor. Whether this application is filed within limitation? - HELD THAT:- This application was filed on 19.09.2019 vide Diary No.4927. Whereas the date of default is 07.03.2017 i.e. date of written acknowledgement of the debt, therefore, this Adjudicating Authority finds that this application has been filed within limitation. Apart liability of debt is admitted by respondent-corporate debtor. There is a total unpaid operational debt Rs.2,37,8812/-(Rs. 882128/- plus delayed payment interest @ 24 % p.a. amounting to Rs.1,44,6684/- and legal fee of Rs.50,000/-). The operational creditor has provided Labour Job Forging to the corporate debtor and raised invoices attached as Annexure-4. Accordingly, the petitioner proved the debt and the default, which is more than Rupees one lakh (prior to the amendment in threshold limit of one crore vide notification No. S.O.1205(E) dated 24.03.2020) by the respondent-corporate debtor - It is noted that the corporate debtor has failed to make payment of the aforesaid amount due as mentioned in the statutory notice till date. Thus, the conditions under Section 9 of the Code stand satisfied. It is evident that from the facts that the liability of the corporate debtor is undisputed. Accordingly, the petitioner proved the debt and the default, which is above threshold limit. In the present petition all the aforesaid requirements have been satisfied. It is seen that the petition preferred by the petitioner is complete in all respects. The material on record clearly goes to show that the respondent committed default in payment of the claimed operational debt even after demand made by the petitioner. Application admitted - moratorium declared.
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