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13. Let us now revert back to the question, which was argued on behalf of the appellant on the merits of this appeal. According to Mr. Tiwari, appearing on behalf of the appellant, the finding of the learned company judge that there was no evidence that the interest was calculated at the agreed rate or that no particulars in respect to computation of interest were produced either by annexing the copy of the same or by producing the same before the learned company judge, was not correct in the facts and circumstances of this case. It is true that from the claim made in the winding up petition the petitioning creditor was entitled to interest at 21 per cent. per annum after expiry of 80 days from the date of submission. The learned judge however did not grant interest in the absence of any evidence to that extent. The only document that was produced in support of such claim of interest was a statement annexed to the winding up petition, which was unsigned, and without any authentication. Such being the state of affairs before the learned company judge we do not find any reason to hold otherwise as we find that the document annexed to the winding up petition was not at all a signed and authenticated document and, therefore, the learned company judge was fully justified in not relying on the said document and thereby refused to grant interest.