sebi:1300270483363

SEBI · SEBI · 2003-04-25 · G.N Bajpai, Chairman

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Facts / Headnote

Directed M/s Avani Plantations Ltd to refund money collected under schemes with returns within one month, failing which prosecution, debarment and other references would follow

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 4(3)
• s. 11
• s. 24

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 71
• Reg. 73
• Reg. 65

Parties

• M/s Avani Plantations Ltd

Holding

M/s Avani Plantations Ltd was directed to refund the money collected under its schemes with returns to investors within one month from the date of the order, failing which prosecution, debarment and other actions would follow.

Full text

compliance of a provision of law, amounts to an intentional breach of the express provisions of the said Regulations. 7. Further, SEBI vide its letter dated 25.4.03 advised the company, inter alia, to comply with the conditions specified in regulation 71 of the said Regulations such as getting the existing schemes rated, appraised and formation of a trust, etc., within the stipulated period of 2 years from the date of grant of provisional registration. Vide the said letter, the company was also advised to wind up the existing schemes and make repayments to the investors and also send an Information Memorandum in terms of regulation 73 (2) of the said Regulations. Thereafter, a press release dated 2.5.03 was issued by SEBI to that effect. The company vide its letter dated 07.5.03 has requested SEBI to keep the provisional registration alive for a period of atleast one year to enable the company to honour its obligations to its investors.

8. However, the company has not wound up its schemes to make repayment to its investors in accordance with the said Regulations. Further, the company has failed to file the winding up report with SEBI. The request of the company for extending the validity of provisional registration for a period of one year cannot be acceded to in view of the absence of an express enabling provision in the said Regulations in this regard. In view of this, I find that it is a fit case to issue

directions under Section 11B read with Section 11 of SEBI Act. 9. Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under Section 4(3) read with Section 11 and 11B of the SEBI Act, 1992 and regulation 65 of the said Regulations, I hereby direct M/s Avani Plantations Ltd to refund the money collected under the schemes with returns to the investors within a period of one month from the date of this order failing which the following actions would follow -

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