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The Central Government appoints Registrars of Companies as adjudicating officers for the purposes of the Companies Act, 2013, specifying their respective jurisdictions, in supersession of previous notifications.

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, through Notification S.O. 698(E) dated 10th February, 2026, issued in New Delhi, exercises powers under section 454 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) read with the Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014. This notification supersedes S.O. 831 (E) dated 24th March, 2015, and S.O. 2650 (E) dated 25th July, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), while preserving actions done or omitted before this supersession. The Central Government hereby appoints 31 Registrars of Companies (including some Registrar of Companies-cum-Official Liquidators) as adjudicating officers for the Act, detailing their specific jurisdictions across various states, union territories, and districts including National Capital Territory of Delhi (divided into two Registrars), Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh (divided into two Registrars), Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal (divided into two Registrars), Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (divided into two Registrars), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra (divided into four Registrars), Goa, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh. Appeals against orders passed by these adjudicating officers shall be filed before the concerned Regional Director, as provided in S.O. 4852(E) dated 23rd October, 2025. All pending proceedings and appeals as of the commencement date will be dealt with according to this notification, which comes into force on 16th February, 2026. The notification was issued under F. No. Policy-01/4/2025-CL-V-MCA by BALAMURUGAN DEVARAJ, Jt. Secy.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-11022026-270051 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 664] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2026 1003 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th February, 2026 S.O. 698(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 454 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) read with the Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014 and in supersession of the notifications of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 831 (E), dated the 24th March, 2015 and number S.O. 2650 (E) dated 25th July, 2019 respectively, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby appoints following Registrars of Companies as adjudicating officers for the purposes of this Act in respect of jurisdictions indicated against each Registrar. +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | SL. | Designation | States/Union territories/Districts under the | | No. | | registrar's jurisdiction | +=====+=============================================+=============================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | Registrar of Companies, National Capital | Districts of South Delhi, Southwest Delhi, New Delhi, | | | Territory of Delhi-I. | Southeast Delhi and East Delhi. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2 | Registrar of Companies, National Capital | Districts of Central Delhi, West Delhi, North Delhi, | | | Territory of Delhi-II. | Northwest Delhi, Northeast Delhi and Shahdara. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3 | Registrar of Companies, Haryana. | State of Haryana. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4 | Registrar of Companies, Chandigarh. | Whole State of Punjab and Union territory of | | | | Chandigarh. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5 | Registrar of Companies, Uttar Pradesh-I. | Districts of Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Amroha, | | | | Auraiya, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Badaun, Bahraich, | | | | Ballia, Balarampur, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, | | | | Bhadohi, Bijnor, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Deoria, | | | | Etawah, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, | | | | Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, | | | | Kaushambi, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, | | | | Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, | | | | Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mau, Mirzapur, Moradabad, | | | | Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Raebareli, Rampur, | | | | Sambhal, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Shravasti, | | | | Siddharth Nagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Unnao | | | | and Varanasi. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6 | Registrar of Companies, Uttar Pradesh-II. | Districts of Agra, Aligarh, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Etah, | | | | Firozabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, | | | | Hathras, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Mathura, Meerut, | | | | Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Shamli. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Whole State of Uttarakhand. | | | Liquidator, Dehradun. | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union | | | Liquidator, Jammu. | territory of Ladakh. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Whole State of Himachal Pradesh. | | | Liquidator, Shimla. | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10 | Registrar of Companies, Kolkata-I. | District of Kolkata in the State of West Bengal. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11 | Registrar of Companies, Kolkata-II. | State of West Bengal except the district of Kolkata. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Whole State of Bihar. | | | Liquidator, Patna. | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Whole State of Odisha. | | | Liquidator, Cuttack. | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Whole State of Jharkhand. | | | Liquidator, Ranchi. | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15 | Registrar of Companies, Guwahati. | Whole States of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, | | | | Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16 | Registrar of Companies, Chennai. | (i) State of Tamil Nadu except Coimbatore, | | | | Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, | | | | Salem, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur districts. | | | | (ii) Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar | | | | Islands. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17 | Registrar of Companies, Coimbatore. | Districts of Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, | | | | Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Salem, Tiruppur in the | | | | State of Tamil Nadu. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18 | Registrar of Companies, Puducherry. | Union territory of Puducherry. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19 | Registrar of Companies, Ernakulam. | Whole State of Kerala and Union territory of | | | | Lakshadweep Islands. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20 | Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad. | Whole State of Telangana. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21 | Registrar of Companies, Bangalore. | Whole State of Karnataka. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 22 | Registrar of Companies, Mumbai-I. | Districts of Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban in the State | | | | of Maharashtra. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 23 | Registrar of Companies, Mumbai-II. | Districts of Aurangabad, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, | | | | Nashik, Palghar, Raigad and Thane in the State of | | | | Maharashtra. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24 | Registrar of Companies, Nagpur. | Districts of Akola, Amravati, Beed, Bhandara, | | | | Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Hingoli, | | | | Jalna, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Osmanabad, Parbani, | | | | Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal in the State of | | | | Maharashtra. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 25 | Registrar of Companies, Pune. | Districts of Pune, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Solapur, | | | | Satara, Sangli, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg inthe State of | | | | Maharashtra. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 26 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Whole State of Goa and Union territory of Daman and | | | Liquidator, Goa. | Diu. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 27 | Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad. | Whole State of Gujarat and Union territory of Dadra and | | | | Nagar Haveli. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 28 | Registrar of Companies, Gwalior. | Whole State of Madhya Pradesh. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 29 | Registrar of Companies-cum-Official | Whole State of Chhattisgarh. | | | Liquidator, Bilaspur. | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 30 | Registrar of Companies-cum- Official | Whole State of Rajasthan. | | | Liquidator, Jaipur. | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 31 | Registrar of Companies, Vijayawada. | Whole State of Andhra Pradesh. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. The appeals, if any, filed against the orders passed by the adjudicating officers shall lie before the concerned Regional Director having jurisdiction over the adjudicating offices as provided in the notification of the Government of India, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II - Section 3-Sub-section (ii), vide numbers S.O. 4852(E), dated the 23rd October, 2025. 3. All proceedings pending before the adjudicating officers, and appeals pending before the Regional Directors as on date of commencement of this notification shall, from the date of such commencement, be dealt in accordance with this notification. 4. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 16th day of February, 2026. [F. No. Policy-01/4/2025-CL-V-MCA] BALAMURUGAN DEVARAJ, Jt. Secy.

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