Criteria For Approval of Trade/Firm Name
(a) A trade/firm name is restricted to the name/s of the proprietor / partners as it / they appear in the
Register of members.
(b) The only suffixes to be allowed in firm name are Either:- "& CO", "and CO", "& Company","
And Company
OR :- "& Associates"," And Associates".
(c) In case of partnership firm the firm name can be proposed by taking the first full name or the
surname of the partners by using "&" or "AND"
Examples:
NAME OF THE PARTNERS
(i) DINESH KUMAR BATRA (ii) RAJESH KUMAR CHOPRA
Combination of firm name :
DINESH & RAJESH OR BATRA & CHOPRA or vice-versa.
Approval of firm name not allowed by splitting the name of the member/partners :-example
BAT+RAJ=BATRAJ, PRA+BAT= PRABAT, DIN+RAJ=DINRAJ
Initials of first name or the full name are allowed : D R& CO /&Associates, D K B+ R K C=D K B K C &
CO/ & Associates
Initials of surname not allowed.:- BATRA, CHOPRA = B C & Co / & Associates OR C B & CO/ &
ASSOCIATES
Combination of initials of first name alongwith initials of surname not allowed = D + CHOPRA = D
CHOPRA & CO / & ASSOCIATES R + BATRA = R BATRA & CO / & ASSOCIATES