Power of Attorney
Power of Attorney
“Power-of-Attorney includes any instruments empowering a specified person to act for and in
the name of the person executing it.”
A Power of Attorney may be a general or special power. A General Power of Attorney covers
more than one subject matter while a Special Power of Attorney relates to a specific subject
matter, though it may contain several powers relating to the same subject matter. Power of
Attorney is required to be stamped but need not be mandatorily registered.
WHEREAS….. AND WHEREAS…..(Mention few recitals like the purpose of making this
GPA).
NOW THIS GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY WITNESSESTH AS UNDER:-
(i) To institute, commence and conduct any action, suit or other legal proceedings before any
Court, Arbitrator, Quasi-judicial or authorities, Offices, Tribunals, Labour Courts,
Conciliation Officers, Land Acquisition Officers, etc. on behalf of the company for claiming
any right, relief, recovery, title, interest, property or in respect of any matter connected with
or arising out of the Company’s business and subject to aforesaid, to settle, adjust,
compromise or submit to Arbitration any such actions, suits or proceedings.
(ii) To defend all actions, suits, proceedings, applications, petitions, appeals, revisions,
reviews, arbitrations, conciliations, taxation and labour matters and other disputes that are
now pending or may hereafter be brought or made or instituted in any Court or office or
Tribunal, Arbitrator, Conciliation Officer, or any other Judicial or Quasi-judicial authorities
in the name of the company.
(iii)To appear and represent the Company in any Court of Justice or Tribunal whatsoever and
for the purpose aforesaid or any of them to sign and verify plaints, written statements,
applications and swear affidavits and to sign petitions and other necessary documents
including Valalatnama and to appoint any Solicitor, Advocate, Pleader or other Legal
Advisor with the necessary power and such again at pleasure, to revoke and appoint others in
their place.
(iv) To continue and conduct or defend any appeal, review, revision, arbitration in any Court
or Tribunal or office against any order, judgment or decree made in suits, actions,
proceedings, application etc.
(v) Generally for and in the name and as the act and deed of the Company to make, execute
and do all and every such further and other acts. Deeds, matters and things as shall be fit,
requisite and necessary in and about the premises and for all or any of the purposes aforesaid
and as the Company could do if acting in the premises
And I, the said Managing Director of the Company and also for the said Company hereby
agree to ratify and confirm whatsoever the said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done
in or about the premises by virtue of these presents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto signed this document on the date and place first
above written in the presence of following witnesses
EXECUTANT
WITNESSES: (1)
(2)