Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from Register of Companies) Amendment Rules 2022

MCA has notified the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Amendment Rules, 2022.

STK 2 form is used removing the company’s name from the register of companies. The MCA has amended the the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016.

It has been provided that where the Registrar, on examining the application made in Form STK-2, finds that it is necessary to call for further information or finds such application or any document annexed therewith is defective or incomplete in any respect, he shall inform to the applicant to remove the defects and re-submit the complete Form within fifteen days from the date of such information, failing which the Registrar shall treat the Form as invalid.

Further, after there-submission of the Form or document, if the Registrar finds that the Form or document is defective or incomplete in any respect, he shall give further time of fifteen days to remove such defects or complete the Form, failing which the Registrar shall treat the Form as invalid.

Any re-submission  of  the  application  in  Form  STK-2  made  prior  to  the commencement  of the Companies (Removal of  Names  of  Companies from the Register of Companies) Amendment Rules, 2022 shall not be counted for the purposes of reckoning the maximum number of re-submissions of such Form.

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