dispose of any question whether of law or fact that relates to or arises in the course of winding up of the company. • In terms of Section 457(1)(b) and 457(2)(5)(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, the liquidator on sanction by the Court can carry on the business of the company so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up of the company. The liquidator has the power to appoint an agent to do business if the liquidator is unable to do business himself. Reliance is placed upon decisions of this Court in Ravindra Ishwardas Sethna v. Official Liquidator16, Assistant Commissioner, Ernakulam v. Hindustan Urban Infrastructure17 and on a few other cases. • On the winding up of the company, it is the creditors whose interest must weigh paramount. The objections raised by the Union of India/ Central Government who is a shareholder, and does not want to renew the leases, should be rejected. 30. We are not inclined to examine the aforesaid contentions in great depth and detail for several