New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Tata Sons board meets on Thursday with a clear split on the table- Noel Tata, representing majority shareholder Tata Trusts, against chairman N. Chandrasekaran and the board-over averting a public listing and reassessing the holding company chair's tenure.

The meeting will have several firsts. It will be the first after Chandrasekaran decided not to seek a new term when his current one ends on 20 February. It will also be less than a week after the Reserve Bank of India ordered the holding company of India's largest group to list on the stock market.

Tata, who has been outspoken in recent board meetings, is expected to share the Trusts' views as he did on 24 February when he objected to Chandrasekaran's reappo...