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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,I,

....................... son of .............................. resident of

................... at present residing at ................Whereas I own various

movable and immovable properties in various parts of India described in the

Schedule I hereto and I have interest in various firms, companies, association

of persons, trusts, societies as partner, proprietor, shareholder, member,

trustee, beneficiary, etc. and/or otherwise, described in the Schedule II

hereto.And Whereas I am

presently residing out of India as mentioned hereinabove for the time being, I

am personally unable to attend to my day to day affairs and for reasons of

convenience it is necessary that I should appoint an attorney and confer upon

him the powers hereinafter stated.Now Know ye by these

Presents that I the said ................. do hereby nominate and constitute

and appoint Shri .......................... son of late .......................

at present residing at ...................... as my true and lawful Attorney

for me in the name and on behalf of myself and/or my said Attorney and in any

of my said capacities and in the name and on behalf of any partnership firm,

association of persons, trustee, beneficiary or businesses in which 1 am now or

may in future in any manner become interested to do exercise, execute and

perform all or any of the following acts, deeds and things, namely:-1.

Commercial;1.1. To transact business:-To commence,

transact, manage, carry on, close down any of my business and to do all things

requisite or necessary or connected therewith including correspondence with any

person or authority.1.2. To buy and sell:-To buy, receive,

store and hold and to sell, pledge, hypothecate, give on hire or otherwise deal

with any goods, articles, things or movable property.1.3. To open branches:-To open, establish,

conduct, shift and/or close any branch of any business at any place or places.1.4. To contract:-To enter into, sign,

execute, vary, alter, terminate, suspend, and repudiate any contracts.1.5. Partnership business:-To act as a

partner in the firm or firms in which I am a partner at present or become a

partner in future and commence, carry on, close, dissolve or retire from any

business of any partnership with any person and for the said purpose to do all

acts as partner or partners therein including banking operations, execution of

partnership, retirement, dissolution or other deeds and documents.2.

Property2.1. To acquire and to transfer:-To purchase,

take on lease, to take charge or mortgage on and to acquire in any manner and

to sell, mortgage, settle, charge, lease, grant tenancy or otherwise transfer

and/or in any manner and/or on any terms deal with any immovable or real

property or properties or any interest therein.2.2. To manage and maintain:-To hold,

defend possession, manage and maintain movable, or immovable properties

described in Schedule 1 herein and other immovable properties acquired by me

hereafter.2.3. To receive rents, etc.:-To demand, recover

and receive rents, mesne profits, licence fees, maintenance charges,

electricity charges, corporation taxes and all other sums of moneys receivable

in respect of my properties and to make all just and reasonable allowance

therein in respect of rates, taxes, repairs and other outgoings and to take all

necessary steps whether by action, distress or otherwise to recover any

property or sums of money in arrear.2.4. To pay outgoings:-To pay all taxes,

rates, assessments, charges, expenses and other outgoings whatsoever payable

for or on account of my properties or any part thereof and to insure any

buildings thereon against loss or damage by fire and other risks as be deemed

necessary and/or desirable and to pay all premia for such insurances.2.5. To serve notice on tenants:-To sign

and give any notice to any occupier of any property belonging to me to quit or

to repair or to abate any nuisance or to remedy any breach of covenant or for

any other purpose whatsoever.2.6. To construct, repair and/or

reconstruct:-To take down, demolish, rebuild and/or repair any of my house,

building or other structure of whatever nature.2.7. To get utilities:-To apply for and

obtain electricity, gas, water, sewerage and/or connections of any utilities

and/or to make alterations and/or close down and/or have disconnected the same

in my properties.2.8. To view the condition of any

property:-To enter upon any of my property or any part of it as often as be

desired to view the state of repair thereof and to require any occupier as a

result of such view to remedy any want of repair or abate any nuisance.2.9. To enforce covenants:-To enforce any

covenant in any lease, licence or tenancy agreement or any other document

affecting any of my property and if any right to re-enter arises in any manner

under such covenants or under notice to quit, then to exercise such rights

amongst others.2.1.2.1.2.2.2.3.2.4.2.5.2.6.2.7.2.8.2.9.2.10. To deal with trespassers:-To warn off

and prohibit and if necessary proceed against in due form of law against all

trespassers on any of my property and to take appropriate steps whether by

action or otherwise and to abate all nuisances.2.11. To prepare and have sanctioned the

plans:-To get prepared plans for construction of any building or structure

and/or otherwise on any of my property and to have the same sanctioned,

modified and/or altered by any Corporation, Municipality or other authority and

in connection therewith or to make necessary applications, give undertakings,

pay fees, obtain sanctions and such other orders and permissions as may be

expedient.2.12. To apply for obtaining building

materials:-To apply for and obtain such permission as may be necessary for

obtaining steel, cement, bricks and other construction materials and

construction equipments and to appoint architects and contractors for the

construction of building or buildings to be constructed on the plots belonging

to me.2.13. To act in proceedings under rent

control legislation:-To appear and represent in any proceedings for fixation of

fair rent and/or for any other purpose or purposes before any court, Rent

Controller or other authority in connection with any matter relating to and/or

arising out of any of my property.2.14. To obtain any certificate:-To apply

for and obtain such certificate and other permissions and clearances including

certificates and/or permission under any law relating to ceiling on urban land,

or other law relating to land and/or buildings both urban and rural or under

the Income-tax Act or any other law as may be required for execution and/or

registration of any conveyance or other document and/or for transferring any

rights in any land, building or other property belonging to me or acquired by

me hereafter.2.15. To file declarations:-To prepare,

sign, declare and file declarations, statements, applications and/or returns

and otherwise in connection with holding, possessing, acquiring, transferring,

partitioning or otherwise dealing with any of my property before any

appropriate or other authority as may be required under any law or laws now

prevailing or as may in future become applicable and to do, exercise, execute

and perform any or all the necessary acts, deeds and things required

thereunder.3.

Companies3.1. To promote company:-To promote or form

or cause to be promoted or formed or join with any other person in promoting or

forming and to do all things necessary or proper to be done or causing to be

formed and incorporated a company with limited or unlimited liability for any

object and to settle and sign the memorandum and articles of association,

prospectus, application forms, statement in lieu of prospectus and all other

papers required for or in connection with incorporation, commencement of

business of such company and other acts, relating thereto.3.2. To spend money in promoting a

company:-To expend or agree to expend moneys for promoting and forming any such

company as aforesaid and in taking up and paying for any shares in my name in

any such company as aforesaid.3.3. To contract to take shares:-To sign

and file with the Registrar of Companies or any other appropriate authorities

contract in writing to take from and/or pay for any share or shares in any such

company as aforesaid in my name.3.4. To apply for, accept and deal with

shares:-To make application or applications for and take allotment or

allotments or purchase or otherwise acquire or hold any share or shares in any

company in my name and to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate and/or deal with

any share or shares held by me or acquired by me hereafter and to execute

and/or deliver all deeds and documents including transfer deeds in connection therewith

and/or for registration of any transfer and/or transmission.3.5. To consent to act as a director:-To

sign and file with the Registrar of Companies or any other appropriate

authority in my name, consent in writing to act as a director of any company as

aforesaid.3.6. To exercise shareholder's

privileges:-To attend, vote at and otherwise act in the meetings of any company

or companies or to appoint or act as proxy or representative in respect of any

shares, stock or debentures now held by me or which may hereafter be acquired

by me and generally to exercise all rights and privileges and perform all

duties in respect of any shares, stocks or debentures as the holder, owner

and/or registered owner thereof or as otherwise being interested in any company

including carrying on correspondence and making or consent in the making of any

applications in connection therewith before the Centra4 Government, court or

other authority under the Companies Act or any other law for the time being in

force.3.7. To transfer securities:-To transfer

any share, stock, debenture or other securities held by me or to be acquired by

me hereafter in any company and to execute transfer deeds, receipts and ail

other papers in connection therewith and also to transmit and/or apply for

and/or to consent to the transmission of any share, stock, debenture and/or

other securities and/or have the same registered and/or to have such

registration altered and/or cancelled in any manner.3.8. General:-To do such acts and deeds and

to execute such papers and documents as may be necessary in any capacity as

shareholder, debtor, creditor or otherwise in relation to any company which may

be required to be done by me.3.9. To receive bonus shares and other

benefits:-To receive and to hold and to deal with bonus shares and all other

benefits that may accrue as a shareholder or otherwise in relation to any

company.4.

Investments4.1. To sell investments:-To acquire or

sell, transfer, assign or join in acquiring or selling, transferring or

assigning ail or any stocks, shares, annuities, debentures, stocks, bonds,

obligations, government securities, units and other securities or investments

of any nature whatever which do now or shall hereafter stand in my name or to

which I am now or may at any time hereafter be entitled to and for that purpose

to employ and pay brokers and other agents in that behalf and to receive and

give receipts for the purchase money payable in respect of such sales and to

transfer any investments so sold to the purchaser or purchasers thereof or as

he or they direct and for these purposes to sign and execute all such

contracts, transfer deeds and other writings and do all such other acts as may

be necessary for effectually transferring or assigning the same.4.2. Allotment of shares in companies:-To

apply for and accept allotments of shares in my name in any company,

corporation or body corporate or any statutory body.4.3. To receive dividends and repaid

capital sums:-To demand, sue for and receive from any company, corporation,

government or other body politic or person all deposits, dividends, interest,

bonuses or any other sums that may become due in respect of any investment and

likewise any capital sum represented by or comprised in any investment held by

me as and when the same shall be payable or repayable and for any such purpose

to sign, indorse and execute all receipts, dividends and interest warrants,

cheques, releases, discharges, reconveyances or other deeds, documents,

instruments and other writings whatsoever that may be required or necessary for

the purpose.4.4. Investment in and dealing with

provident funds:- To operate, open, withdraw and deal with funds in the Public

Provident Fund Account or any other provident fund accounts whatsoever in my

name.4.5. Investments in company deposits,

shares, etc.:- To invest my monies in company deposits, shares, stocks,

debentures, bonds, units or other corporate securities or securities of local

authorities, any other statutory bodies or corporations, whether incorporated

in India or in any other country, in such manner and upon such securities as my

attorney shall in his absolute discretion think fit and from time to time

withdraw any such moneys and apply the same to any purpose as he may think fit.4.6. To initiate proceedings:-To give all

notices, commence any legal proceedings or use any other lawful means that may

appear to my attorney desirable or necessary in order to safeguard or enforce

my rights in or in connection with any of the investments with full power to

prosecute or discontinue any such proceeding and to compromise or submit to

arbitration any matter in dispute or doubt.4.7. To pay all calls:-To pay all calls

that may be lawfully made or other expenses that may be incurred in relation to

any of my investments and to give security for the payment of the same.4.8. To assent to arrangements:-To assent

(if it seems to my attorney necessary or desirable) to any arrangement

modifying any rights, privileges or duties in relation to any of my investments

and to agree to any scheme or arrangement for the increase or reduction of the

value or amount of the same or of the capital of any company or corporation and

for any such purpose to deposit, surrender or exchange any of the investments

or the documents of title relating thereto and to pay any contribution or incur

any other necessary expense in connection with any such scheme or arrangement.4.9. To apply for and contract for

investments:-To tender, contract for, purchase, accept and sign the transfer

into my name any government securities, securities of local authorities or any

statutory body, shares, stocks or debentures in any such company, corporation

or body as aforesaid or other stocks, funds, debentures and securities of any

and every description whatsoever or any other properties.5.

Banker/Banking5.1. Banking operation:-To open, operate,

continue or close any account including any overdraft or other loan account

and/or saving account, current, fixed or other accounts and also safe deposit

lockers and all accounts whatsoever in my name and on my behalf with any bank

or banks that may be existing or may in future be opened in my name or in the

name of my firm or firms or business or businesses or in my capacity as trustee

or beneficiary of any trust with any bank or banks including Postal Savings

Bank.5.2. Drawing and negotiations of

cheques:-To draw, sign, negotiate and/or endorse cheques, payment orders,

drafts, dividend warrants and/or any other instruments and to execute, enter

into, acknowledge, do and present all such deeds, instruments, contracts,

agreements, acts, deeds and things as shall be requisite or deemed fit and

proper for or in relation to all or any of the purposes, matters or things

herein contained or others with any bank or banks.5.3. To deal with bills of exchange:- For

all or any of the banking purposes to draw, accept, endorse, discount or

otherwise deal with any bills of exchange, bills of lading, mates' receipts,

delivery orders, promissory notes or other mercantile instruments relating to

moneys, goods, properties or otherwise.5.4. To operate bank locker or safe deposit

vault locker:- To operate any bank locker or safe deposit vault locker and to

deposit therein and withdraw therefrom any articles belonging to me.6.

Moneys6.1. To realise loans or borrow money:- To

realise loans and/or borrow money or moneys from time to time from any bank,

institution, or any person or persons, organisation whatsoever against the

security or properties both movable and immovable belonging to me or any of my

firm or firms of business or businesses in which I am now or may hereafter

become interested and to execute, sign and register mortgage, charges, transfer

and/or give other security or securities by any other deed or deeds on such

terms and conditions as my said attorney or his substitute or substitutes may

think fit and proper.6.2. Loans and advances:- To make and/or to

receive any loan or advance from any bank, financial institution or other

person to such extent and on such terms as the said attorney may deem expedient

and also to secure the same by pledging, hypothecating, mortgaging, charging or

any other manner encumbering any of my movable or immovable property.6.1.6.2.6.1.6.2.6.3. Miscellaneous6.3.1. To agree to charge or

pay any interest or other considerations for any loan and/or advance and to

vary such rates of interests or consideration from lime to time.6.3.2. To remit, reduce or

settle any claim of any moneys, losses and/or damages.6.3.3. To draw, execute,

negotiate, cancel, present for payment and/or make or receive payment of any

promissory note, bill of exchange, bond or undertaking regarding any money

receipt and/or advance.7.

Representations7.1. To represent before bank or banks,

insurance companies, etc:-To represent me or any of my firm or firms or

business in any of the bank or banks, insurance companies, courts, registration

offices, municipal offices, office of competent authority, urban land ceiling,

post offices, sales tax offices, income-tax offices, customs offices, revenue

offices or any co-operative society, Central or any other State Government or

other authority, society, body corporate or other person for any purpose or

purposes whatsoever and do all acts as may be expedient before the same or in

connection therewith.7.2. To prepare, sign and file tax

returns:-To prepare, sign, execute and/or file any of my and/or any of my firm

or firms or business or businesses in my personal capacity or as trustee or

beneficiary of any trust, sales tax returns, income-tax returns, wealth- tax

returns, gift tax returns or any other returns under the Income-tax Act, 1961,

Wealth-tax Act, 1957, Gift-tax Act, 1958 and/or any other law for the time

being in force or other returns, statements, papers, documents in connection

with the aforesaid Acts, to sign and/or submit returns, statements of accounts,

balance sheets, declaration forms, to receive refund orders or vouchers from

any of the aforesaid authorities, to apply for and to sign and submit to

necessary authorities and to represent me or any of the firm or firms or

business or businesses, trusts, proprietary concerns in which 1 am now or may

hereafter be interested as proprietor, partner, trustee or beneficiary with

such authority or authorities concerned therewith.7.3. Appear before Assessing Officer,

etc.:-To appear before any Assessing Officer, Deputy Commissioner and/or

Assistant Commissioner and/or Commissioner and/or Central Board of Direct Taxes

and/or tribunal and/or any other authority or authorities in connection with

any matter or matters and to represent me or my proprietary concerns, firm or

firms, business or businesses, trusts in which 1 am trustee or beneficiary and

to produce, explain accounts, documents and papers as may be necessary and to

pay taxes and other amounts to such authorities and to any other authority by

virtue of these presents and to sign, execute and deliver all other papers,

documents and deeds in connection therewith.7.4. To appear before registrar, notary

public, magistrate, etc.:-To appear before any Notary Public, Registrar of

Assurances, District Registrar, Sub-Registrar of Assurances, Metropolitan

Magistrate and other officer or officers or authority having jurisdiction and

to acknowledge and register or have registered and perfected all deeds,

instruments and writings, executed, signed or made by me personally or as

partner of any firm or firms or business or businesses or by my said attorneys

or any of them by virtue of the powers herein conferred.8.

Trusts8.1. To execute trusts:-To do all acts,

deeds relating to any matter in which I am a trustee and/or beneficiary and to

exercise all powers and authorities elsewhere hereunder or otherwise as

expedient.8.2. To exercise powers:-To execute and

exercise in relation to any land or investment or property for the time being

subject to any trust and all powers and description for the lime being vested

in me as such trustee or as beneficiary as aforesaid or under any deed of

trust, settlement or other documents to the extent lawfully possible.9.

Execution

and registration of documents9.1. To execute documents (stocks, shares,

annuities):-To execute all deeds and other instruments necessary or proper for

transferring any stock, shares, annuities, debentures, obligations and other

securities held by me or to be acquired by me hereafter to the purchaser or

purchasers thereof.9.2. To execute and register deeds:-To

sign, execute, enter into, modify, cancel, alter, draw, approve, present for

registration and admit registration of all papers, documents, contracts,

agreements, conveyances, mortgage deeds, leases, grants, assurances,

applications, declarations, trust deeds and other documents as may in any way

be required to be so done for or in connection with any movable or immovable

property belonging to me or to be acquired by me hereafter or of any part

thereof or any interest therein including those held by me as owner, lessor,

lessee, partner, mortgagor, tenant, trustee or otherwise be interested for the

time being including those connected with the management and development of any

business and also in connection with the sale, purchase, lease, transfer and

disposition or construction or sanction of plan or obtaining of clearances or

permits from the Government or for any other purpose whatsoever.10.

legal

proceedings10.1. To compound the debts and to submit

claims to arbitration:-To compound with or make allowances to any person for or

in respect of any debt or demand whatsoever which now is or shall or may at any

time hereafter become due or payable to me and to take or receive any

composition or dividend thereof or thereupon and give receipts, releases or

other discharges for the whole of the same debts, sums or demands or to settle,

compromise or submit to arbitration every such debt or demand and every other

claim, right, matter and thing due to or concerning me and for that purpose in

my name to enter into, make, sign, execute such agreements as are necessary in

like cases, execute such agreements for arbitration or other deeds or

instruments as are necessary in like cases and to allow time for the payment of

any such debt or demand (with or without security) upon such terms as the

attorney may think fit.10.2. To conduct and defend legal

proceedings:-To commence, prosecute, enforce, defend, answer or oppose all

notices, suits, and other legal proceedings and demands touching any of the

matters aforesaid or any other matters in which 1 am now or may hereafter be

interested or concerned and also if thought fit with such consent as aforesaid

to compromise, refer to arbitration, abandon, submit to judgment or become

non-suited in any such action or proceeding as aforesaid before any court,

civil, or criminal, or revenue including the Rent Controller, City Civil and

Small Causes Courts.10.3. To appoint advocates, etc.:-To appoint

any solicitor, advocate, pleader or counsel as may be necessary for prosecuting

and defending any suit or proceedings, in the matters relating to my

properties, business, firm, trusts, companies or organisations, in which 1 am

interested or become interested hereafter in my name or in the name of my said

attorney as he may think fit and proper and to sign vakalatnamas, warrant of

attorney in favour of any solicitor, advocate, pleader or counsel engaged by

him.10.4. To sign plaints and other papers:-To

sign, declare and/or affirm any plaints, written statements, petitions, consent

petition, affidavits, memorandum of appeal or any other document or paper in my

name in any proceeding or in any way connected therewith.10.5. To deposit and receive documents from

court:- To deposit and receive documents and moneys in and from any court or

courts and/or any other person or authority in my name and give valid receipts

and discharges therefor.11.

Receipts

and discharges11.1. Receiving monies and goods:-To demand,

collect, sue for, recover and receive of and from all and every person or

persons, body or bodies, politic or corporate, court or authority including

government and/or local bodies whomsoever concerned or chargeable therewith all

or every sum or sums of money including rent, documents, securities, goods,

effects, dues, duties, interests, rents, profits, income, purchase

consideration, dividends, compensation and/or any other money or moneys which

shall belong or be or become payable to me or to any of my firm or firms,

business or businesses or companies in which I am interested.11.2. To collect debts:-To demand, collect,

sue for, recover and receive in my name, from all and every person, body,

politic or municipal or corporate or firm or company wheresoever and whatsoever

all sums of money, debts, dues, goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, effects

and things of any nature or description whatsoever which now are or which at

any time or times hereafter shall or may become due or owing or payable to or

recoverable including those from or by the bank by virtue of any

hypothecations, bonds, mortgages, pledges, agreements or other securities

whatsoever or upon or by virtue of any bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques,

bills of lading or other mercantile or negotiable instruments whatever or

otherwise.11.3. To give receipts:-To receive and give

effectual receipts and discharges in my name for all monies, securities for

monies, debts, goods, chattels and personal estate which are or may become due,

owing, payable or transferable in or by any right, title, ways or means

howsoever from any person or persons or corporation or other body or authority.11.4. To receive debts, gifts, legacies,

etc.:-To receive and give good and valid receipts and discharges in my name for

share of assets of any business or for the purchase money of any share therein

or of any part of such share and all such other monies as may be payable to me

in any manner whatsoever.12.

Agents12.1. Agency:-To act as agents for any

person or to appoint any person as agent for any purpose in connection with any

business or matter herein contained or otherwise and on such terms and with

such powers and authorities as may be deemed by my said attorney to be

expedient and to vary, modify and/or terminate such appointment and/or

appointments and make other or others.12.2. To employ persons in any capacity:-To

employ any person in any capacity for my business firm, trusts, companies in

which I am interested and require to employ such person or become interested in

future and require to employ such person and to suspend, dismiss or discharge

any employee so employed as my said attorney may deem fit.12.3. To employ professionals:- For the

better and more effectually executing the powers or authorities aforesaid or

any of them to retain and employ solicitors, advocates, chartered accountants,

managers, consultants or any other professional persons and/or debt collecting

or other agents.13.

Miscellaneous13.1. To enter into bond and indemnities:-

For all or any purpose to give and execute all such bonds, guarantees,

indemnities, covenants and obligations in my name.14.

To

substitute and appoint in his place (on such terms and conditions as my said

attorney shall think fit and proper) one or more attorneys to exercise for me

as my attorney or attorneys any or all of the powers and authorities hereby

conferred and to revoke any such appointment from time to time and to

substitute or appoint any other person or persons in the place of such attorney

or attorneys as the said attorney shall from time to time think fit and proper.15.

AND

in case of the death of the said attorney or inability or unwillingness to act

through illness or any other reason to act as my said attorney in relation to

all or any of the matters aforesaid, I hereby appoint Smt.

................................ wife of ...................... resident of

..................................... to act as my attorney in place of the

said attorney after his death or during such inability or unwillingness and in

the latter case during the subsistence of any such inability or unwillingness

as the name of Smt...................... had been inserted in this deed instead

of the name of the said attorney.16.

And

generally my said attorney shall have the power to do all such acts, deeds and

things on my behalf and I could have lawfully done, if personally present.AND I do hereby for

myself, my heirs, executors, administrators of acts done and legal

representatives ratify and confirm and agree to ratify and by attorney confirm

all and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitute or substitutes shall

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I

.............................. have hereunto set my hand this

....................... day of .................... 2000.Schedule I above

referred toSchedule II above

referred toSigned and delivered

by the within named.................WITNESSES;1.2.Identified by me( ) Before meAdvocate Notary

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