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The Registrar of Companies (ROC) as defined under Sub-Section 75 of Section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013, is an appointment of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs which is responsible for the regulation of Indian enterprises in Industrial and Services Sector.   Thus the Registrar of Companies (ROC) is an office under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), which is the body that deals with the administration of companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in India.

According to Section 2(75), the term ‘Registrar’ means a Registrar, an Additional Registrar, a Joint Registrar, a Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar. At present, 22 Registrar of Companies (ROCs) is operating in all the major states. However, states like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, have more than one ROC.

Registrar of Companies as appointed under Section 396 of the Act primarily have the duty of registering companies incorporated in the respective States and the Union Territories and to maintain a registry of records concerning companies which are registered with them and allows the general public in accessing this information on payment of a stipulated fee.

Functions of the ROC:

• To take care of the registration of a company (also referred to as incorporation of the company) in the country.
• To maintain a register of Companies/LLP by entering the names of newly incorporated companies and removing the names of those which are struck off.
• To complete  regulation and reporting of companies and their shareholders and directors and
• To administer government reporting of several matters which includes the annual filing of numerous documents.
• To foster and facilitate business culture.
• To issue a certificate of Incorporation after authenticating the documents submitted in support for such incorporation which is the conclusive evidence of the existence of any company. A company, once incorporated, cannot cease unless the name of the company is struck-off from the register of companies.
• To ask for supplementary information from any company when necessary. The registrar of companies can search the premises of any company and demand to look into the accounts of the company with prior approval from the court. 
• To file a petition for winding up of a company with the discretion of the government, 

Powers of ROC:

1. Registration of a company formed under Section 3 of the Companies Act is obtained by filing an application with the ROC in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is situated under Section 7 of the Companies Act.
2. Under Section 83 of the Companies Act, 2013 the ROC is allowed to make entries of satisfaction, etc. after receiving evidence that, the debt for which charge is given has been paid or satisfied in whole or in part; or that a part of the property or undertaking charged has been released from the charge or has ceased to form a part of the company’s property or undertaking.
3. Under Section 206 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Registrar may require any company to furnish information or explanation or produce any document, if after scrutinizing any document or on receiving any information, he feels that such documents are necessary.
4. Under Section 209 the Registrar is empowered to obtain an order from the Special Court for the seizure of books and papers of the company if upon receiving information or otherwise, he has reason to believe that these books, papers of the company are likely to be altered, mutilated, falsified, secreted or destroyed. The Registrar or Inspector is further allowed to make copies and extracts of such documents.
5. Under Section 248 of the Companies Act, the Registrar can remove the name of a company from the register if provisions in the Act, are not complied with.

List of Registrar of Companies (ROC) State Wise:

S.No	ROC/Official Liquidator	State	Contact and Address
1	ROC Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh & Telangana	2nd Floor, Corporate Bhawan,
			GSI Post, Tattiannaram Nagole, Bandlaguda Hyderabad – 500 068
			Phone:040-29805427/29803827/29801927
			Fax: 040-29803727
			roc.hyderabad@mca.gov.in
2	ROC cum OL Patna	Bihar	High Court of Patna, Maurya Lok Complex, Block “A” 4th Floor, Dak Bungalow Road, Patna
			Phone No: 0612-6604891
3	ROC Ranchi	Jharkhand	Mangal Tower, 4th floor, Old Hazaribagh
			Road, Near Kanta Toli Chowk, Ranchi,
			Jharkhand – 834001
			Phone no: 0651-2531811,2531401
4	ROC cum OL Goa	Goa ,Daman & Diu	Company Law Bhawan, EDC Complex,
			Plot No.21, Patto, Panaji, Goa
			Phone No: 0832-2438618/2438617
5	ROC cum OL J&K	Jammu And Kashmir	High Court Of Jammu, Bahu Plaza, South Block, Rail Head Complex,
			Jammu – 180012
			Phone No: 0191-2470306/2472504
			roc.jammu@mca.gov.in
6	ROC Ernakulam	Kerala	Company Law Bhawan, BMC Road
			Thrikkakara Kochi – 682021
			Phone: 0484-2423749/2421489
			Fax: 0484-2422327
			roc.ernakulam@mca.gov.in
7	ROC Mumbai	Maharashtra	100, Everest, Marine Drive
			Mumbai- 400002.
			Phone: 022-22812627/22020295/22846954
			Fax: 022-22811977
			roc.mumbai@mca.gov.in
8	ROC Pune	Maharashtra	PCNTDA Green Building, BLOCK A, 1st & 2nd Floor, Near Akurdi Railway Station, Akurdi, Pune – 411044
			Phone: 020-27651375,020-27651378
			Fax: 020-25530042
			roc.pune@mca.gov.in
9	ROC Puducherry	Puducherry	No.7, Second Floor, Karuvadikuppam Main Road. Senthamarai Nagar, Muthialpet
			Puducherry-605 003
			Phone: (0413)-2234129
			Fax: (0413)-2237274
			roc.pondicherry@mca.gov.in
10	ROC cum OL Jaipur	Rajasthan	C/6-7, 1st Floor, Residency Area,
			Civil Lines, Jaipur-302001
			Phone:0141-2981913/2981914/2981915/2981917
			Fax: 0141-2981916
11	ROC Kanpur cum OL Dehradun	Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand	37/17, Westcott Building,  The Mall,
			Kanpur-208001
			Phone: 0512-2310443, 2310227, 2310323
			roc.kanpur@mca.gov.in
12	ROC Shillong with additional charge of OL, Guwahati	Assam , Meghalaya, Manipura, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh	Morello Building , Ground Floor
			Shillong – 793001
			Phone: 0364-2504093
			roc.shillong@mca.gov.in
13	ROC cum OL Bilaspur	Chattisgarh	Ist Floor, Ashok Pingley Bhawan,
			Municipal Corporation, Nehru Chowk, Bilaspur- 495001 Chattisgarh
			Phone: (07752)-250092(D),250094
			Fax: (07752)- 250093
14	ROC Delhi	Delhi & Haryana	4th Floor, IFCI Tower, 61, Nehru Place,
			New Delhi – 110019
			Phone: 011-26235703, 26235708
			Fax: 011-26235702
			roc.delhi@mca.gov.in
			For Physical Verification Of Documents :
			Sh. Kamal Harjani (ROC Delhi)
15	ROC Ahmedabad	Gujarat	ROC Bhavan , Opp Rupal Park Society,
			Behind Ankur Bus Stop, Naranpura, Ahmedabad-380013
			Phone: 079-27438531,
			Fax 079-27438371
			roc.ahmedabad@mca.gov.in
16	ROC Bangalore	Karnataka	‘E’ Wing, 2nd Floor Kendriya Sadana
			Kormangala, Banglore-560034
			Phone: 080-25633105 (Direct),
			080-25537449/25633104
			Fax: 080-25538531
			roc.bangalore@mca.gov.in
17	ROC Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	3rd Floor, ‘A’ Block, Sanjay Complex
			Jayendra Ganj, Gwalior
			Phone: 0751-2321907
			Fax: 0751-2331853
			roc.gwalior@mca.gov.in
18	ROC cum OL Cuttack	Orissa	Corporate Bhawan, 2nd & 3rd Floor,
			Plot No-9(P),Sector-1,CDA,Odisha Cuttack-753014
			Phone No: 0671-2362661,2366952
			roc.cuttack@mca.gov.in
19	ROC Chandigarh	Punjab , Chandigarh	Corporate Bhavan, 1st Floor,
			Plot No. 4-B, Madhya Marg, Sector 27B
			Chandigarh – 160019
			Phone: 0172-2639415/2639416
20	ROC Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Block No.6,B Wing 2nd Floor Shastri Bhawan 26, Haddows Road, Chennai – 600034
			Phone: 044-28270071
			Fax: 044-28234298
			roc.chennai@mca.gov.in
21	ROC Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	No.7, AGT Business Park, I Floor, Phase II,
			Avinashi Road, Civil Aerodrome Post,
			Coimbatore- 641014 Tamil Nadu
			Phone:(0422) -2629640, 2628170
			(Direct) Fax: 0422-2628089
			roc.coimbatore@mca.gov.in
22	ROC Kolkata	West Bengal	Nizam Palace 2nd MSO Building
			2nd Floor, 234/4, A.J.C.B. Road, Kolkata – 700020
			Phone: 033-2287 7390
			Fax 033-22903795
			roc.kolkata@mca.gov.in

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