Official Liquidator ‑ Supply of certified copies of statement of affairs and other documents ‑ Whether any court‑fee stamp is required to be affixed on application therefor - Companies Law - Circular : No. 25/75

Circular : No. 25/75[2/9/75 ‑ CL ‑ III], dated 27 ‑ 11 ‑ 1975. Subject:- Official Liquidator ‑ Supply of certified copies of statement of affairs and other documents ‑ Whether any court ‑ fee stamp is required to be affixed on application therefor A question has been raised by Official Liquidator, Allahabad, whether any court‑fee stamp is required to be affixed by applicants for certified copies or extracts in the applications submitted under rule 136 and rule 360 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959 and whether copy of the statement of affairs, etc., would be required to be furnished to the applicant on non-judicial paper. The matter has been examined in this Board and having regard to sub‑rule (10) of rule 2 of the aforesaid Rules defining prescribed charges and prescribed fees as charges or fees prescribed by these rules and when they are not so prescribed by the rules of the court in respect of analogous matter in its other proceedings, each official liquidator has to follow the rules as framed by the High Court to which he is attached in issuing certified copies of extracts of the documents in his custody.