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Rule 7

Manner of publication of notice

(2)
The Registrar of Companies shall, simultaneously intimate the concerned regulatory authorities regulating the company, viz, the Income-tax authorities, central excise authorities and service-tax authorities having jurisdiction over the company, about the proposed action of removal or striking off the names of such companies and seek objections, if any, to be furnished within a period of thirty days from the date of issue of the letter of intimation and if no objections are received within thirty days from the respective authority, it shall be presumed that they have no objections to the proposed action of striking off or removal of name.
Notes, amendments & references (12)

Manner of publication of notice – (1) The notice under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 248 shall be in Form No. STK 5 or STK 6, as the case may be, and be-

(i) placed on the official website of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on a separate link established on such website in this regard;

(ii) published in the Official Gazette;

(iii) published in English language in a leading English newspaper and at least once in vernacular language in a leading vernacular language newspaper, both having wide circulation in the State in which the registered office of the company is situated.

Provided that in case of any application made under sub-section (2) of section 248 of the Act, the company shall also place the application on its website, if any, till the disposal of the application.

Provided further that the publication of notice under clause (iii) of this sub-rule in respect of cases falling under sub-section (1) of section 248 shall be in Form No. STK-5A.

Form No. STK-6 Substituted vide MCA Notification dated 17.04.2023 regarding Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Amendment Rules, 2023. To view the Notification, Click Here . To view the return, Click Here .

Form No. STK-5 Substituted vide Notification dated 24.08.2022. To view the return, Click Here

Substituted vide Notification dated 09.06.2022. To view the return, Click Here

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Inserted vide Companies (Removal of Names of companies from the Register of Companies) Amendment Rules, 2017 dated 12.04.2017 . To view the notification, Click Here

Substituted vide Notification dated 24.08.2022. To view the return, Click Here