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Joined June 2008
Hi Venkat,
If a director absents himself from all board meetings of the company, the office becomes vacant , whether or not , he obtains leave of absence.
The procedural aspects of this law would be as follows:
1.The vacation of office of the director is communicated to ROC by filing DIR-12 wherein the reason for cessation in clause xvii of the form shall be chosen as Vacation of office u/s.167. After approval of the form, the MCA Portal will not display the name of the director.
(During the annual ROC Filing, Clause IX-D of Form MGT-7 asks for the details of board meeting attendance of director, wherein the director attendance shall be nil.)
The vacation of office of a director is not , however, a disqualification. If he is otherwise eligible u/s.164 and the board is willing to appoint him, he can be taken as additional director on board upto the ensuing AGM and then , if the shareholders pass the resolution for his re-appointment, his appointment can be regularised.