Relaxation from payment of additional fees
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (the MCA) had received representation from various stakeholders seeking for relaxation from payment of additional fee specifically with respect to filing e-form ADT-1 which was filed through Form GNL-2 during the period from 1 April 2014 to 20 October 2014 for appointment of Auditors for the period 2014 to 2019 as the e-form ADT-1 was not available for filing during the said period and consequent to this, companies were facing difficulties in filling the details of Auditor in e-form INC-22A Active (One time return to be filed by companies on details of registered office of the Company).
Fee waived for e-form ADT-1 for the appointment of Auditor in certain cases
MCA has considered the matter and issued a General Circular on 13 May 2019 clarifying that the companies which had filed Form ADT-1 through form GNL-2 during non-availability of e-form ADT-1 i.e, from 1 April 2014 to 20 October 2014 may file e-form ADT-1 for appointment of Auditor for the period up to 31 March 2019 without any fee till 15 June 2019.
Additional fee applicable
Further, the Companies which had filed form ADT-1 through e-form GNL-2 even after the deployment of e-form ADT-1 will have to file the e-form ADT-1 now with an additional fee.
Source: http: //www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/pdf/GeneralCircular13052019.pdf
