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GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

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 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 I
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. Property:

2.1. 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 arrears.

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.

2.10. 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. Companies:

3.1. 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 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
Central 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. Investments:

4.1. 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, re-
conveyances 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 money 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 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. Banking

5.1. 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, delivery
orders, promissory notes or other mercantile instruments relating to money, 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. Money:
6.1. To realise loans or borrow money:- To realise loans and/or borrow money 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.

6.3 Miscellaneous:

6.3.1. 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. Representations:

7.1. 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, 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. Trusts:

8.1. 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 documents:

9.1. 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.

10.5. To deposit and receive documents from court:- To deposit and receive documents and
money from any court or courts and/or any other person or authority in my name and give
valid receipts and discharges therefore.

11. Receipts and discharges:

11.1. Receive money and goods:-To demand, collect, sue for, recover and receive from all
and every person or persons, body or bodies, political 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 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, political 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. Agents:

12.1. 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 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. Miscellaneous:

13.1. 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 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 .................... 20---.

Schedule I above referred to

Schedule II above referred to

Signed and delivered by the within named

..................

WITNESSES;

1.

2.

Identified by me( ) Before me

Advocate Notary Public

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