sebi:AO/SBM/EAD-3/67/2017

SEBI · SEBI · 2013-01-22 · Suresh B Menon, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Disposed of - violation not established

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 15C

Parties

• Metalman Industries Limited

Holding

The alleged violation of sections 15C and 15A(a) of the SEBI Act, 1992 was not established against Metalman Industries Limited, and the matter was disposed of without imposing any penalty.

Full text

Page 2 of 7 2. Vide letter dated January 22, 2013, Noticee was advised to redress the pending investor complaints within 7 days from the date of receipt of the said letter. As Noticee failed to redress the complaints, another letter dated February 15, 2013 was sent to the Noticee by SEBI advising it to redress the pending complaints at the earliest. The Noticee was also informed through the aforementioned letters that in terms of SEBI Circulars dated June 03, 2011 and August 13, 2012, all companies against whom the complaints are pending on SCORES, shall take appropriate necessary steps within 7 days from the date of receipt of the complaint through SCORES, so as to resolve the complaints within 30 days and also keep the complainant duly informed of the action taken on such complaints. However, it is alleged that Noticee has failed to comply with the aforesaid SEBI directives. APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Page 3 of 7 penalty, if any, should not be imposed on the Noticee under the provisions of sections 15 C and 15A (a) of the SEBI Act. The following observations/ allegations were made in the SCN issued to the Noticee: a) It was alleged that SEBI, vide letter dated January 22, 2013, had directed the Noticee to redress the two investor grievances pending against it in SCORES, within seven (7) days from the date of receipt of the said letter by the Noticee and advised the Noticee to submit the ATR in SCORES. The Noticee was also advised that failure on its part to redress the pending investor complaints within the time frame specified would attract appropriate penal action, including initiation of Adjudication Proceedings and Prosecution proceedings against the company and its directors. b) As the Noticee failed to comply with the above instructions of SEBI, another letter dated February 15, 2013 was issued to the Noticee whereby Noticee was advised that it had still not redressed the pending two investor grievances and also not filed the ATR. The Noticee was directed to resolve the pending complaints and submit the ATR with SEBI, at the earliest. Noticee was also informed that failure on its part to redress the investor complaints would result in initiation of appropriate regulatory actions, which includes debarment from the Securities market and/or imposing monetary

Page 4 of 7 failed to file the ATR w.r.t the status of the said complaints. The list of the pending complaints were forwarded to the Noticee along with the above said letters and also along with the SCN.

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