THE DALMIA DADRI CEMENT LIMITED (ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKINGS) ACT, 1981
An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of the Dalmia Dadri
Cement Limited with a view to securing the proper management of such undertakings so as
to subserve the interest of the general public by ensuring the continued manufacture,
production and distribution of cement which is essential to the needs of the economy of the
country and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS Messrs. Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited had been engaged in the manufacture and
production of portland cement, an article mentioned in the First Schedule to the Industries (Development
and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951);
AND WHEREAS an order has been made for the winding up of the Company and proceedings for its
liquidation are pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana;
AND WHEREAS the undertakings of the Company have not been functioning since March, 1980;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary to acquire the undertakings of the said Company to ensure that the
interests of the general public are served by the continuance, by the undertakings of the said Company, of
the manufacture, production and distribution of portland cement which is essential to the needs of the
economy of the country;
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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