An LLP that stays open on paper but inactive in Delhi NCT or in Gurugram, Haryana keeps racking up a ₹100 a day penalty per form, with no upper cap, for every annual return it skips. Partners often discover this only once the bill has already reached six figures, and by then the professional fee to fix it has grown too. LLP closure under Section 75 of the LLP Act, 2008, filed through Form 24, stops that clock for good. LegalX India runs the whole process for ₹5,999 onwards, whether the LLP's registered address is in Connaught Place, Delhi NCT, or out on Sohna Road in Gurugram.
Does your LLP actually qualify for strike off this year?
An LLP qualifies for the Form 24 route if it has not carried on any business for at least one year, or never actually started business after incorporation, and has no outstanding liabilities. The bank account needs to carry a nil balance, GST registration needs to be cancelled if it was ever active, and every designated partner needs to be willing to sign. An LLP with real assets, ongoing contracts or unresolved debts does not qualify for this quicker route. It needs a voluntary winding up instead, with a liquidator appointed to settle debts and distribute whatever remains before the LLP is dissolved.
What has to be ready in your records before anyone can file?
Gather these before the filing can begin:
- The original LLP agreement and Certificate of Incorporation
- PAN card of the LLP and the latest filed annual return
- A bank closure certificate or nil balance statement
- Affidavits, consent letters and an indemnity bond from every designated partner
- GST cancellation certificate, if the LLP was ever registered under GST
- Digital signature certificates for every designated partner, current and not expired
What is the penalty clock, and how is it counted?
The ₹100 a day penalty runs per form, counted from the day after each annual return's due date, with no upper limit until the return is actually filed or the LLP is struck off. The one year inactivity test counts from the date business genuinely stopped, not from incorporation. Partners who assume an unfiled LLP is harmless because it earns nothing are usually the ones most surprised by how large this number gets by the time they call us. An expired digital signature certificate is one of the most common reasons a filing gets delayed at the last stage, so we check this early rather than at the point of submission.
What does it cost you to leave a dormant LLP unfiled?
Most of the cost here comes from waiting, not from the closure filing itself.
| What goes wrong | What it actually costs you |
|---|---|
| Annual returns skipped for a few years | Enough accumulated penalty to run into six figures, since there is no daily cap |
| GST left active on a dormant LLP | Blocks the strike off application until the registration is cancelled |
| Bank account left with a balance | Blocks the nil asset declaration Form 24 requires |
| A partner refuses to sign the affidavit | The whole application stalls until it is resolved between the partners |
| Waiting for MCA to issue a notice first | Removes your control over the timeline and can invite a compulsory winding up instead |
Voluntary closure, started today, is almost always the cheaper and faster path.
What happens after you submit your closure documents?
- We review your LLP's filing history and confirm which closure route actually applies.
- We collect the LLP agreement, incorporation certificate and partner details.
- We prepare the affidavits, indemnity bond, consent letters and statement of accounts.
- We file Form 24 with your LLP's correct registrar, using each partner's digital signature.
- We track the Gazette notice and confirm your final closure once it clears.
Your LLP's own registered address is what actually decides which registrar sees this filing. A Connaught Place LLP, sitting in Delhi NCT, answers to either ROC Delhi-I or ROC Delhi-II, the split depending on its exact district. A Gurugram LLP, whether on Sohna Road, in DLF Cyber City, or anywhere else in the state, answers instead to ROC Haryana, the single Chandigarh office that covers all of Haryana. Both routes run through the same MCA V3 portal, with the LLPIN itself carrying state code DL for the Delhi entity and state code HR for the Haryana one. New Delhi is where the Delhi filing's Regional Director sits, while Chandigarh, an office shared with Punjab and three other states, is where the Haryana filing's Regional Director sits instead.
Which Delhi NCR partners come to us for this most often?
- A Connaught Place, Delhi NCT, professional services founder closing an LLP that never really got past its first year
- A Sohna Road, Gurugram, retail or commercial establishment owner winding down after moving the business into a private limited company instead
- An IT founder in DLF Cyber City, Gurugram, closing an LLP set up for a project that never launched
- A group of partners across both Delhi NCT and Gurugram who started an LLP together and have since gone separate ways
The eligibility criteria and the ₹100 a day penalty rule are exactly the same whichever of the two states your LLP happens to sit in.
Why LegalX India for LLP closure in Delhi NCR
We have closed LLPs filed with ROC Delhi-I, ROC Delhi-II and ROC Haryana, and we tell you upfront which one your LLP answers to before drafting a single document. Read the full LLP closure process nationwide for the complete national picture on strike off, voluntary winding up and compulsory winding up. Share your LLP's filing history with us and we will confirm your eligibility within a day, whether you call from Connaught Place, from Sohna Road, or from anywhere else in Delhi NCR. There is no obligation to proceed once we have looked at your specific situation, and no generic quote that ignores how many years of filings are actually pending. Starting at ₹5,999, whether your registered office sits in Delhi NCT or in Gurugram, with the entire process handled online from start to finish.