Please find below detailed explanation of the said Circular:
FILING OF CONFLICTING RETURNS BY CONTESTING PARTIES
Ministry has observed many cases wherein it appears that either there was lack of consent of the removed/changed director or due process of Law were not followed.
Therefore, in order to avoid such eventualities, Ministry of Corporate affairs has clarified by way of General Circular no. 1/2012 dated 10th February, 2012 that wherever there is management dispute the company is required to mandatorily file the attachment relating to cause of cessation alongwith Form 32 with the ROC concerned irrespective of the ground of cessation, viz (a) retirement; (b) disqualification; (c) death; (d) resignation; (e) vacation of office u/s 283 or 313 or 260; (f) removal u/s 284; (g) withdrawal of nomination by appointing authority or (h) absence of re-appointment.
In case, any Director is aggrieved with his cessation in the company, he may file complaint in the Investor Complaint Form. On receipt of complaint, the ROC concerned will examine the complaint and mark the company as having ‘management dispute’. Also, the ROC will issue a letter to the company and the parties to settle the matter amicably or get an order/interim order from a Court or Tribunal of competent jurisdiction. Till such dispute is settled, the documents filed by the company and by the contesting groups of Directors will not be approved/registered/recorded and will thus not be available in the registry for public viewing.