Voluntarily closing a company through STK-2 and simply letting it go quiet are not the same choice, and only one of them stops the bills. A Gurugram or Faridabad company that has stopped trading still owes annual filings and still risks penalties every single year it stays open on paper, dormant or not. For a company with no assets, no debts and no pending disputes, strike off almost always wins over doing nothing. Annual compliance for a company earning nothing can still run into several thousand rupees a year in professional fees alone, well before any late penalty gets added on top. LegalX India runs the whole STK-2 process for ₹9,999 onwards, typically closed out in 30 to 60 days.
Does your company actually qualify for strike off this year?
Section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 lets an inactive company apply to the registrar to have its name struck off. The company needs to have been out of business for at least two consecutive financial years, carry no outstanding liabilities and stay free of pending legal proceedings. A company still holding assets, still owing creditors, or facing a dispute does not qualify for this quicker route. It needs a formal winding up instead, which for a Gurugram or Faridabad company runs through NCLT Chandigarh, not through a simple STK-2 filing, and can stretch on for far longer than 60 days. Most dormant companies in Gurugram and Faridabad clear the strike off bar easily once the bank account is closed and the paperwork is current.
What has to be ready in your records before anyone can file?
Bring these together before we start drafting anything:
- A statement of accounts prepared by a CA, dated within 30 days of filing
- A board resolution and shareholder consent approving the closure
- Affidavits and indemnity bonds from every director, properly notarized
- Confirmation that the company's bank account has been closed
- Any pending annual returns brought up to date first
- Valid digital signature certificates for every designated director, since the STK-2 form itself is signed digitally
How long does eligibility take to establish, and how is it counted?
The two year inactivity clock counts from the last date the company actually carried on business, not from the date of incorporation. Once the STK-2 application is filed, the registrar publishes a public notice and holds it open for 30 days for objections. If nothing comes in during that window, the strike off goes through. Directors who wait for a registrar issued notice, rather than applying voluntarily, lose the ability to control that timeline entirely. A registrar initiated strike off can also leave outstanding questions about liability that a voluntary filing settles cleanly upfront.
What does it cost you to leave a dormant company unfiled?
Leaving a dormant Gurugram or Faridabad company open on paper is rarely free, and getting the STK-2 application wrong adds delay on top of that.
| What goes wrong | What it actually costs you |
|---|---|
| Applying with liabilities still open | Rejection, with a fresh application only possible after the liability clears |
| An affidavit or indemnity bond with an error | The whole filing bounces back, adding weeks before resubmission |
| Annual filings left pending before applying | Each one needs clearing first, with its own late fee, before strike off is even considered |
| Bank account left open with any balance | Blocks the application outright until the account is fully closed |
| A disqualified director still on the board | Can hold up the entire company's application until that is resolved |
Every year a dormant company stays open, it owes another round of annual filings, regardless of whether it earned a single rupee.
What happens after you submit your closure documents?
- We check your filing history, bank status and director records to confirm strike off eligibility.
- We prepare the statement of accounts, board resolution and shareholder consent.
- We arrange notarized affidavits and indemnity bonds from every director.
- We file Form STK-2 on the MCA V3 portal, signed with digital signatures.
- We track the Gazette notice and confirm the final strike off order once it clears.
Whether your company sits in DLF Cyber City in Gurugram or near NIT Faridabad, the filing lands with ROC Haryana, headquartered at Chandigarh, the single registrar for the entire state. Chandigarh is also where a Haryana company's Regional Director sits, an office that groups in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand together with three Union Territories, never with Delhi. That grouping surprises a lot of founders, since Chandigarh sits further from Gurugram than Delhi does, but jurisdiction follows the notification, not the map.
Which Gurugram and Faridabad companies come to us for this most often?
- A DLF Cyber City, Gurugram, IT or SaaS founder closing a company that never moved past the idea stage
- An industrial unit near NIT Faridabad or Ballabgarh shutting down after its founder moved on to a new venture
- A professional services firm on Golf Course Road, Gurugram, closing an associate entity after a merger
- A founder who registered a company years ago, has not filed since, and now wants a clean record before starting again
The process and the penalty exposure are identical for both localities, since a Gurugram address and a Faridabad address answer to the very same ROC Haryana file. Neither one owes a rupee of professional tax along the way, either.
Why LegalX India for company closure in Delhi NCR
We have closed companies registered on Sohna Road, in DLF Cyber City and across the Faridabad industrial belt, and every single one of them went through the same ROC Haryana office at Chandigarh. Read the full company closure process nationwide for the national STK-2 and winding up picture. Share your company's filing history with us and we will tell you within a day whether strike off is realistic or whether you need the formal winding up route instead. Call us and a CA will walk you through the eligibility check on the same day. Starting at ₹9,999, closed out in 30 to 60 days, with the whole process handled online from wherever in Gurugram or Faridabad your office happens to sit.