CHG-8 (condonation of delay in a charge filing)
The application to the Central Government to condone a delay in registering a charge or in reporting its satisfaction, or to rectify particulars already recorded.
Standing duty, no filing date
- MCA
- MCA event filings
- CHG-8
- 2026-09-01
CHG-8 has no due date of its own. It is the remedy you file once a CHG-1, CHG-9 or CHG-4 window has lapsed, or once particulars already on the register turn out to be wrong. The Central Government has to be satisfied that the omission or misstatement was accidental, due to inadvertence or some other sufficient cause, or that it does not prejudice creditors or shareholders. If the order is granted, the company then files it in Form INC-28.
Deadlines counted from an event
No statutory day count. Section 87 and rule 12 make this an application, filed when the section 77 or section 82 window has been missed or when recorded particulars need rectification. The order that follows is filed with the Registrar in Form INC-28.
The rule
No statutory day count. Section 87 and rule 12 make this an application, filed when the section 77 or section 82 window has been missed or when recorded particulars need rectification. The order that follows is filed with the Registrar in Form INC-28.
Who must comply
- A company that failed to register a charge or to report its satisfaction within the statutory window
- A company whose recorded charge particulars, memorandum of satisfaction or other entry under section 82 or 83 is omitted or misstated
- Any other person interested, whom section 87 also allows to apply
Statutory basis
Before you file
- Establish that the base window under section 77 or section 82 has lapsed, or that recorded particulars are wrong.
- Prepare the grounds: that the omission or misstatement was accidental, due to inadvertence or another sufficient cause, or that it does not prejudice creditors or shareholders.
- Get the Board resolution authorising the application.
- Prepare the affidavit and the supporting documents the form requires.
How to file
- Log in to the MCA21 V3 portal as a business user.
- Open Form CHG-8.
- State whether the application seeks condonation of delay or rectification of particulars.
- Enter the charge details and the reason for the delay or the error.
- Attach the affidavit and the supporting documents.
- Sign the form with the digital signature of an authorised signatory.
- Pay the filing fee.
- Submit the application to the Central Government.
- File the resulting order with the Registrar in Form INC-28 on the terms the order states.
If you miss it
CHG-8 carries no penalty of its own, because filing it is not the default. The money is charged on the underlying failure: section 86(1) sets ₹5 lakh on the company and ₹50,000 on every officer in default for a default in the charges chapter, and that liability is not erased by a condonation order.
- Section 77(3) keeps the charge out of the liquidator's and any other creditor's reckoning for as long as it is unregistered, so the delay carries a commercial cost separate from the penalty
- The condonation is discretionary: section 87 requires the Central Government to be satisfied on the grounds stated, and the power is delegated to Regional Directors
Common questions
Is there a deadline for CHG-8?
No. It is a conditional application rather than a periodic filing, so it belongs on a calendar as the remedy branch of the CHG rows and not as a date.
Does a condonation order end the matter?
It fixes the register. The order still has to be filed with the Registrar in Form INC-28 on the terms stated in it, and the penalty for the original default under section 86(1) is a separate question.