MCA Public Notice to strike off more than 2 lakhs companies u/s 248(1) for non commencement or carrying on of business

MCA Public Notice to strike off more than 2 lakhs companies u/s 248(1) for non commencement or carrying on of business. Objection to be filed within 30 days.

FORM No. STK – 5
PUBLIC NOTICE
[Pursuant to sub-section (1) and sub-section (4) of section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule 7 of the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016] ————–

Ministry of Corporate Affairs has hosted on its website Public Notice (Form No. STK-5) for striking off of companies under section 248 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013 on the following grounds:

(i) That the companies have not commenced business within one year of their incorporation

(ii) That the companies have not been carrying on any business or operation for a period of two immediately preceding financial years and have not made any application within such period for obtaining the status of dormant company under section 455.

The notice proposes to remove/strike off the names of the mentioned companies from the register of companies and dissolve them unless a cause is shown to the contrary, within thirty days from the date of this notice.

The notice states that any person objecting to the proposed removal/striking off of name of the companies from the register of companies may send his/her objection to the office address mentioned here above within thirty days from the date of publication of this notice.

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