Section 16L. Preparation of an inventory of the assets and liabilities and list of members and creditors of managed tea undertaking or tea unit

16L. Preparation of an inventory of the assets and liabilities and list of members and creditors of managed tea undertaking or tea unit.— For the purposes of this Act, the authorised person shall, as soon as may be after taking over the management of a tea undertaking or tea unit, prepare a complete 1. Subs. by Act 38 of 1983, s. 2, for "two years" (w.e.f. 7-10-1983). inventory of the properties, belongings, liabilities and obligations of such tea undertaking or tea unit, as the case may be, and a list of members and creditors of such tea undertaking or tea unit, in accordance with the provisions of section 18FG of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), and the said section shall apply to a tea undertaking or tea unit accordingly. with the provisions of section 18FG of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 1[16LL. Debts incurred and investments made by the authorised person to have priority.— Every debt arising out of any loan or any other financial accommodation obtained by the authorised person for carrying on the management of, or exercising functions of control in relation to, the whole or any part of a tea undertaking or tea unit, the management of which has been taken over or is purported to have been taken over under section 16D or section 16E or section 16-I,— (a) shall have priority over all other debts, whether secured or unsecured, incurred before the management of such tea undertaking or tea unit was taken over; (b) shall be a preferential debt within the meaning of section 530 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), and all such debts shall rank equally among themselves and be paid in full out of the assets of the tea undertaking or tea unit, unless such assets are insufficient to meet them, in which case they shall be recoverable from the owner of the tea undertaking or tea unit as arrears of land revenue notwithstanding that the period of management or control has ended due to expiry of the period for which it was taken over or due to cancellation of the order under section 16H or in pursuance of the order of any court.]