Sridhar Kalyanasundaram, an unbiased director of personal sector lender Dhanlaxmi Financial institution, has resigned from the board with impact from September 16.
In his resignation letter, Kalyanasundaram has raised points like factionalism within the board, his variations concerning rights challenge and the alleged ‘lack of in depth banking data’ in different members.
This comes after Ravindran Pillai, head of RP Group, who holds 9.99 per cent stake within the financial institution (largest shareholder), got here out with a particular discover for elimination of Kalyanasundaram. A decision on this regard can be handed on the 96th annual common assembly (AGM) to be held on September 30.
Neither the financial institution, nor its chief govt officer (CEO) J Ok Shivan, responded to questions from Enterprise Customary.
“There are various cases the place regardless of the worth of inputs given, my inputs have been intentionally negated / averted / overruled by the opposite members of the board. It’s simply to help the belligerent angle of the MD and CEO. He’s on file (within the vernacular press) that he cares little about shareholders and the administrators. I’m not the one director to face his wrath for not towing his line. Many had left, rendering this board legally inconsistent with required composition,” Kalyanasundaram mentioned in his letter.
One of many main points highlighted embody ‘81 queries’ concerning the financial institution’s rights challenge on the difficulty settlement proposed with the difficulty supervisor. It’s nonetheless unresolved, in response to him. “It’s even unresolved at the moment, regardless of varied authorized inputs from totally different quarters, and compromise conferences in June/July,” he added.
The rights challenge of the financial institution was authorized by the board in March 2022, and needed to be held up for over 9 months since then as a result of varied points on the board.
He added that his view concerning capital enhancement on the financial institution was additionally intentionally stifled by different members.
This comes at a time when the AGM is about to take up a proposal to boost the authorised capital of the financial institution from Rs 400 crore to Rs 500 crore. It’s up for shareholder approval.
One other challenge raised by him was concerning a shareholder allegation that the MD and CEO’s appointment in 2021 was not so as and fraught with discrepancies.
“The financial institution’s administration took recourse to referring the matter to a authorized counsel (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai) and obtained a authorized opinion that pronounced that the allegations of the shareholder had no benefit,” he added.
On September 4, Kalyanasundaram had written to all members of the board that within the occasion of the financial institution not referring the matter to the adjudicating authority as suggested, he will likely be constrained to refer the matter himself in his capability as unbiased director.
