Seeking a stay on the single judge bench order that appointed a provisional liquidator in Dunlop, the belaugured tyre-maker on Tuesday told the Divison Bench of the Calcutta High Court that it is expecting to reopen its manufacturing unit in Hooghly’s Shahgu.nj within a week.
“The company officials Monday met key ministers and discussed on the ways of reopening the plant. We are exploring all avenues and within a week we hope to reopen our Shahgunj unit,” company counsel Kalyan Banerjee said to a division bench comprising Justices K J Sengupta and J M Bagchi.
“The government is concerned about the fate of the workers of the unit and wants it to be reopened soon. We are willing to extend all help to the company in its effort to restart the Shahgunj unit, advocate general Anindya Mitra told the court.
The court also asked to issue notice about the appeal petiti0n to all the parties interested in the litigation.
On March 29, Dunlop India (DIL) moved the division bench of the Calcutta High court justice Sanjib Banerjee of the same court passed an interim order to appoint a provisional liquidator over Dunlop India (DIL) assets following an application from Madura Coats.
The hearing in the case will resume on April 18.
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Meanwhile, Dunlop has written a letter to west Bengal Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee and Labour Minister Purnendu Chatterjee seeking 'relief undertaking status' , which the tyre-maker said it would help to revive the company.
Until 2010, Dunlop used to enjoy protection from its unsecured creditors under a state Act—West Bengal Relief Undertakings (Special Provisions) Act. But the relief undertaking status was eventually withdrawn by the erstwhile Left Front later and the new government also did not renew it.
“Yes, we have received a letter. We are looking into the matter. We all want the plan to be reopened. This need to be discussed,” Labour Minister Purnendu Chatterjee said.
Dunlop officials earlier met the trade unions also to discuss the issue.