Company has not done any business since formation. how to go about mca reminders for annual filing?

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Hi, 

I had set up a company in sept 2016 for the purpose of carrying out a business, with my father as the 2nd director. My friend had joined the company later. But we did not continue with the business as it didn't seem feasable in the planning stages itself. We never did any transaction on the company, nor did we ever open a bank account. Last year, he made me sign a document to exit the company (I signed without thinking too much) and backdated it to show he exited the company in november of 2016 itself, though the filing of that was done in 2018 may. 

Now I am getting mails from MCA to file the annual returns failing which I will have to bear the penalty. How do I go about this? I haven't filed roc documents for 16-17 nor for 17-18 till date. The busness never took off, absolutely no transaction at all. 

Can i convert the company to a dormant company or shut it down to avoid the penalty as I have no use for the company now or in the future. 

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take status of dormant status
Originally posted by : rahul
take status of dormant status

 

Thank you for your response. Will I be exempted from the penalty if I take status of Dormant company?

First of all you shall clarify your cause of penalty in detail here, then anyone can guide you. Rest is that you should obtain dormant status by making application to RoC.
Right now u can take status of dormant company, however, in future u have to apply to activate it again. As you received mail reminders from ROC for annual filing, u can not even apply for voluntary strike off. You can DM me with more details about ur company so that further optns, if any, can be checked.

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