Appointment of RoCs as adjudicating officers
In Exercise of the powers conferred by Section 454 read with Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014 , The Central government, vide Notification dated 24.03.2015 appointed Registrar of Companies as Adjudicating Authority for the purpose of adjudication under the Companies Act 2013 w.e.f 24.03.2015.
Jurisdiction against each Registrar is indicated below:
| Sl. No.
| Designation | States/ Union territories under his jurisdiction |
| 1 | Registrar of Companies, Delhi | Union Territory of Delhi and whole State of Haryana. |
| 2 | Registrar of Companies, Chandigarh | Whole State of Punjab and Union terriitory of Chandigarh |
| 3
| Registrar of Companies, Kanpur | Whole State of Uttar Pradesh |
| 4 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator. Nanital. | Whole State of Uttarakhand |
| 5 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator, Jammu | Whole State of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 6 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator, Shimla | whole State ofHimachal Pradesh |
| 7 | Registrar of Companies, Kolkata | Whole State of West Bengal |
| 8 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator. Patna | Whole State of Bihar |
| 9 | Registrar of companies -cum-official Liquidator. Cuttack | Whole State of Orissa |
| 10 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator- Ranchi | Whole State of Jharkhand. |
| 11 | Registrar of Companies, Shillong | Whole States of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripur4 Mizoram. Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 12 | Registrar of Companies, Chennai | (i) Whole State of Tamil Nadu except Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Salem, Tirrupurr districts. (ii) Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar islands |
| 13 | Registrar of Companies, Coimbatore | Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Salem, Tirrrupur districts the State of Tamil Nadu. |
| 14 | Registrar of Companies, Pondicherry | Union territory of Pondicherry |
| 15 | Registrar of Companies, Emakula | Whole State of Kerala and Union territory of Lakshadweep Islands. |
| 16 | Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad | Whole States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.. |
| 17 | Registrar of Companies, Bangalore | Whole State of Karnataka. |
| 18 | Registrar of Companies, Mumbai | Whole State of Maharashtra except Pune, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Sholapur, Satara, Sangli, Ratnagiri, Sindhudug. |
| 19 | Registrar of Companies, Pune | Pune, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Sholapur, Satara, Sangli, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg districtsthe State of Maharashtra. |
| 20 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator, Goa | Whole State of Goa and Union territory of Daman and Diu. |
| 21 | Registrar of Companies, Ahmadabad | Whole State of Gujarat and Union territory of Dadra and Nagarhaveli |
| 22 | Registrar of Companies, Gwalior | Whole State of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 23 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator, Bilaspur | Whole State of Chhattisgarh. |
| 24 | Registrar of Companies -cum-Official Liquidator, Jaipur | Whole State of Rajasthan. |
Appeal Provisions
Further, in case appeal is filed before the concerned Regional Director having jurisdiction over the adjudicating offices shall be disposed of in accordance with the notification of the government of India in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3 Sub- section (i), vide number:
- G.S.R. 887 (E), dated the 14th December, 2011 and
- G.S.R.763 (E), dated the 15th October, 2012.