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Issues: Whether the names of the Chartered Accountant respondents should be deleted from the company petition and the allegations against them be referred to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for disciplinary action.
Analysis: The pleadings disclosed allegations of improper certification of statutory forms by practising Chartered Accountants. The Tribunal accepted that allegations of professional misconduct fall within the special disciplinary framework under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and the Rules made thereunder. Since that mechanism provides for investigation and action by the Institute, the respondents were not required to remain arrayed in the company petition for adjudication of the same allegations.
Conclusion: The names of the Chartered Accountant respondents were ordered to be deleted from the company petition, and the complaint materials were directed to be treated as a disciplinary complaint for investigation by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Ratio Decidendi: Where allegations against a Chartered Accountant relate to professional misconduct, the matter should be pursued through the statutory disciplinary machinery under the governing Act and Rules rather than by retaining the professional as a party in the company proceeding.