18 February 2026
We seek your expert guidance in the matter of certain Private Limited Companies wherein statutory compliances have remained pending for the last five to six financial years due to professional negligence of the earlier consultant. The present management is willing to regularise all pending filings by paying the prescribed additional fees, penalties, and compounding charges. The intention thereafter is to close/strike off the Company. What about ADT 1 and CA UDIN on Balance Sheet ? Please guide
19 February 2026
To regularize, you must first file ADT-1 with additional fees to put an auditor on record. The Auditor must then sign the pending Balance Sheets and generate a UDIN at the time of signing. Once AOC-4 and MGT-7 are filed for all pending years, the company becomes eligible for a Strike-Off (STK-2) application.