sebi:WTM/AB/WRO/WRO/6928/2019-20

SEBI · SEBI · Ananta Barua, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

VBDP and its directors directed to wind up existing CIS and refund investors with returns within three months, submit winding-up and repayment report and asset inventory, and restrained from securities market till refund plus further four years; directors restrained from holding director/KMP position in listed company for four years.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11A
• s. 19
• s. 12
• s. 28A
• s. 30
• s. 45
• s. 58A
• s. 620A

Regulations

• Reg. 73
• Reg. 11
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 200
• Reg. 4(2)(t)
• Reg. 65

Parties

• Vayaa Builder and Developers Pvt. Ltd.
• Yogendra Bisay
• Jitendra Bisay

Holding

VBDP's scheme of allotment of land/developing colony/plots is an unregistered Collective Investment Scheme in violation of Section 12(1B) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 3 of the CIS Regulations, and also violates Regulation 4(2)(t) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003. VBDP and its directors Yogendra Bisay and Jitendra Bisay were directed to wind up the CIS, refund investors with returns, and were restrained from the securities market.

Full text

Order in the matter of Vayaa Builder and Developers Pvt. Ltd. Page 2 of 16 “17. In view of the foregoing, I, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under Section 19 read with Sections 11(1), 11(4), 11B and 11AA of the SEBI Act read with Regulation 65 of the CIS Regulations and Regulation 11 of PFUTP Regulations, 2003, hereby direct VBDP and its Directors, viz. Yogendra Bisay and Jitendra Bisay : (i) Not to collect any fresh money from investors under its existing schemes; (ii) Not to launch any new scheme/plan or float any new companies/firm to raise fresh moneys; (iii) Not to dispose of any of the properties or alienate the assets obtained directly or indirectly through the money raised by VBDP; (iv) Not to divert any funds raised from public at large, kept in bank account(s) and/or in the custody of VBDP; (v) To immediately submit the full inventory of the assets obtained through money raised by VBDP; (vi) To immediately submit the full inventory of the assets owned by VBDP out of the amounts collected from the investors under its existing Scheme; (vii) To furnish all the information sought by SEBI, including – a. Copies of all the relevant documents of the company including Application Form, Agreement, Certificate issued by the Company, etc.; b. Scheme wise list of investors and their contact numbers and addresses, including - list of investors to whom land has been allotted and got registered and List of investors who have been refunded. c. Details of amount mobilize

Order in the matter of Vayaa Builder and Developers Pvt. Ltd. Page 3 of 16 mobilizing activity of VBDP through the scheme of allotment of land post September 2013 prima facie amounted to a fraudulent practice in terms of Regulation 4(2)(t) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations, 2003”).

Order in the matter of Vayaa Builder and Developers Pvt. Ltd. Page 4 of 16 second on December 9, 2019 for which the hearing notice was served through the email address obtained from the MCA website. In view of this, I will proceed to deal with the matter on the basis of the material available on record.

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