# In the matter of Hind Motors Limited IA No.115-2022 in CP (IB) No. 1-Chd-Chd-2017

> NCLT judgment dated 2023-06-16. Citation: TCN-2023-NCLT-05431. The application was filed under Section 60(5) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 by…

- **Court:** NCLT
- **Order date:** 16 Jun 2023
- **Citation:** TCN-2023-NCLT-05431
- **Category:** IBC
- **Source page:** https://caseease.in/cases/ibc/nclt-chandigarh/hind-motors-limited-ia-no115-2022-in-cp-ib-no-1-chd-chd-2017-3dc83ef4

## Summary

### Background

The application was filed under Section 60(5) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Chandigarh, against M/s Hind Motors Ltd., seeking to set aside communications dated 26.05.2021 and 19.07.2021, where the applicant's claim was rejected by the Resolution Professional. The applicant also sought a direction for the respondent to adjudicate and admit the claim as submitted vide letter dated 13.04.2021.

## Facts

The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Chandigarh, filed an application under Section 60(5) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 against M/s Hind Motors Ltd.

The applicant sought to set aside communications dated 26.05.2021 and 19.07.2021, where the Resolution Professional rejected the applicant's claim.

The applicant also sought a direction for the respondent to adjudicate and admit the claim as submitted vide letter dated 13.04.2021.

The applicant claimed that the liquidation proceedings were not intimated by the Resolution Professional or the company.

The Resolution Professional rejected the applicant's claim citing Section 238 of IBC.

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## Issues and analysis

### Issue 1: Whether the claims of the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner can be rejected by the Resolution …

**Ratio:** Payments towards the Employees Provident Fund Organisation stand outside the Resolution

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**Reasoning:** The Adjudicating Authority relied on a judgment by the NCLAT which held that workmen and

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**Interpretation:** The claims of the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner are to be settled by the

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**Application:** The applicant's claim cannot be rejected based on the resolution process, and

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## Parties

- **Judges:** Harnam Singh…; SUBRATA KUM…
- **Appellants:** Regional Provident…
- **Respondents:** M/s. Hind Motors…; Sh. Krishan Vrind…
- **Advocates:** Salil S…; Vikas Kat…

## Timeline

- **2021-05-26 — Claim Rej…**: Resolution Professional…
- **2021-07-19 — Claim Rej…**: Resolution Professional…

## Legal provisions

- [Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Section 60(5) — Adjudicating Authority for corporate persons](https://caseease.in/legal-provisions/insolvency-and-bankruptcy-code-2016/section-60)

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