Authority: National Company Law Tribunal Kolkata Bench (Court-I)
Order Date: 14 July 2026
Case Overview
This appeal was filed by the Registrar of Companies, Jharkhand under Section 252(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 seeking restoration of M/s. Masuta Producers Company Limited (CIN: U17100JH2005PLC011849) to the register of companies. The company had been struck off from the register despite having open charges pending for satisfaction. The Registrar admitted that the striking off was inadvertent and occurred during three separate drives to strike off names of non-functional companies as per Ministry of Corporate Affairs directions. The error resulted from mechanical processes used to generate lists from the MCA-21 portal without adequate manual verification and internal checks, particularly given the voluminous nature of the task where over 10,000 companies were struck off. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, upon analyzing pan-India data, identified multiple companies that had been struck off while still having open charges and directed the Registrar to file restoration applications before the NCLT.
Final Outcome
The NCLT allowed the appeal and ordered the restoration of Masuta Producers Company Limited's name to the register of the Registrar of Companies, Jharkhand. The Tribunal directed the Registrar to modify the company's status from "struck off" to "active" within 30 days from the date of receipt of this order. The appeal was disposed of with no order as to costs.
Topics: Company Restoration, Regulatory Error, Corporate Compliance