Administrative transfer and tagging of connected company matters upheld without prior hearing under the Tribunal Rules.

The President's power to transfer and tag connected company matters is an administrative function under the Tribunal Rules, and it does not require a prior hearing under Rule 146. Rule 146 governs disposal of applications, petitions and appeals after hearing, but it does not control administrative allocation of cases between Benches. On that basis, the challenge alleging breach of Rule 146 failed, and the transfer and tagging order was upheld.

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Issues: Whether the President of the Tribunal could transfer and tag the company petition with other connected matters under the Tribunal Rules without giving prior opportunity of hearing under Rule 146.

Analysis: The transfer and tagging of a case from one Bench to another falls within the President's administrative power under Rule 16(d) of the National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016. Rule 146, which governs disposal of applications, petitions and appeals after hearing, does not apply to such administrative assignment of matters. The power to allocate or tag connected cases is a matter of Tribunal administration and no prior hearing is required for exercise of that power.

Conclusion: The challenge based on alleged violation of Rule 146 fails, and the transfer and tagging order is upheld.

Final Conclusion: The appeal was rejected because the impugned order was a valid exercise of the President's administrative power to transfer and tag matters.

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