Miss the thirty day window on LLP Form 4 and the ₹10,000 penalty under section 25(4) of the LLP Act 2008 does not stop at the firm. It attaches to the LLP and to every designated partner, including the ones who never signed the exit papers. Until that notice reaches the Registrar, the person who walked out is still a partner to anyone dealing with your LLP. Removing a partner is a deed change followed by a filing, in that order, and the clock starts on the date of cessation.
Does your LLP actually have a partner exit to record, and from which date?
It does, once the person has ceased to be a partner under section 24 of the LLP Act 2008. Cessation arrives by one of three routes. The LLP agreement provides for retirement or expulsion and that route is followed. Or the agreement says nothing, in which case the partner gives thirty days notice in writing to the others. Or it happens by operation of law, on death, insolvency, a declaration of unsound mind, or the dissolution of a body corporate partner.
The date matters more than the paperwork. Every deadline below runs from that date, so fix it first and write it into the supplementary agreement. A Pimpri family manufacturing business that shakes hands in April and signs the deed in July has already burned the window.
Two checks before anything is drafted. An LLP has to carry two individual designated partners at all times, and one of them must be resident in India, so an exit that leaves you short needs an appointment alongside it. A two partner LLP cannot run on with a single partner for long either.
What do we need from you before the thirty day clock runs out?
Five inputs, and none of them takes long once you know to ask for them.
- The current LLP agreement with every supplementary deed signed since incorporation, because the exit clause and the contribution table both sit inside it
- The resignation letter or the removal resolution, carrying the exact date the person ceases and a signature that matches your own records
- The revised contribution and profit sharing split among the continuing partners, agreed in figures rather than in principle
- A working digital signature and the DPIN of a continuing designated partner, since Form 4 is signed by one of them
- The settlement figure for the outgoing partner, meaning the capital contribution back plus the share of accumulated profits after losses
Stamp duty on a partnership instrument is Article 47 of Schedule I to the Maharashtra Stamp Act, and that article reaches an LLP deed with a separate charge on retirement. The duty tracks the capital contribution and whether it moves as cash or as property, so we compute it before execution.
Which filings fall due, and by when?
Two forms, both on MCA V3, each running on its own thirty day clock.
| Filing | What it carries | Due by |
|---|---|---|
| LLP Form 4 | Notice that the partner has ceased, with the cessation date and the outgoing partner details | 30 days from the date of cessation |
| LLP Form 3 | The supplementary agreement recording the exit and the reworked contribution split | 30 days from the change in the agreement |
| Notice under section 24(1) | The outgoing partner own written notice, needed only where the agreement is silent on retirement | Served at least 30 days before the exit takes effect |
Filing Form 4 without the matching Form 3 leaves the register saying one thing and your agreement saying another. That gap surfaces the next time a bank, a buyer or a tender committee runs a check on your LLP.
What does a late partner removal actually cost?
| What slips | Who it lands on | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Form 4 filed after the thirty day window | The LLP and every designated partner | A penalty of ₹10,000 under section 25(4), on each of them |
| The cessation never reaches the Registrar | Anyone dealing with the LLP | Section 24(3) lets an outsider keep treating the former partner as a partner |
| A designated partner seat left empty | The continuing partners | Section 9 treats every partner as a designated partner while it stays empty |
| Form 3 for the supplementary deed filed late | The LLP | Additional fee runs on the form and the master data still names the old partner |
The ₹10,000 is the smaller half of the problem. The larger half is section 24(3). A supplier, a lender or a client who has had no notice of the exit is entitled to carry on treating that person as your partner, and the public record is where such notice normally comes from.
How the exit travels from the deed to the register
- Your LLP agreement and every supplementary deed under it are read first, the cessation date is settled, and we flag whether a designated partner appointment has to ride along.
- We draft the supplementary agreement, set out the revised contribution table, and get the stamping right before anyone signs.
- You execute the deed and the outgoing partner signs the notice, with the digital signature of a continuing designated partner kept ready.
- We file LLP Form 4 and LLP Form 3 on MCA V3, pay the statutory fee, and hand you the SRN for each of them.
- We track each SRN until ROC Pune approves it, answer any resubmission query, and send you the updated master data as proof.
Which Pune LLPs get caught by this?
Exits cluster in two kinds of firm here: family businesses around Pimpri and Chakan, and small professional practices in Kothrud and along the Hinjawadi corridor.
- A Pimpri family manufacturing business dividing the next generation roles, where one branch takes cash and steps out of the LLP entirely
- A Kothrud architecture or accountancy practice where one partner leaves to set up alone and the profit share has to be redrawn
- An LLP that has lost a designated partner to death or long illness and now shows a single signatory on the MCA record
- A Pune LLP whose partner stopped contributing a year ago, where the others want the register corrected before the next bank renewal
Where the filing lands, and who reviews it afterwards
ROC Pune is the registrar for Pune and the districts around it. The February 2026 restructuring left ROC Pune untouched, so an LLP whose registered office sits in Pune district files there just as it always did. We confirm the registrar for your specific address before filing. None of it is a counter visit, because Form 3 and Form 4 go up on MCA V3 and the approval lands back in the same login.
What the Registrar checks is narrow. The cessation date on Form 4 against the date in your supplementary agreement, the signing partner status on that day, and whether the LLP still holds the designated partners the Act requires. A mismatch returns as a resubmission rather than a rejection, and the thirty day clock does not pause while you correct it.
A fight over what the outgoing partner is owed does not belong at the Registrar at all. It runs on the dispute clause in your own agreement. There is no NCLT bench at Pune, so a Maharashtra LLP that ends up before the Tribunal is heard by the NCLT Mumbai Bench.
Why bring your partner exit to LegalX India?
Partner removal in LLP starts at ₹3,999, and one CA and CS team carries it from the Maharashtra stamping through to the approved SRN. Our Pune office is at Yashwant Nagar, Near Bharatiya Samajseva, Yerwada, Pune 411006, and the whole process is handled online, so you come in only if you would rather sit with an expert. We call back within 30 minutes, and on that call you get the cessation date we would put on Form 4 before any money moves. Behind the desk sit 10+ years of ROC filing work and 2,500+ client reviews, which is what stops a resubmission turning into a second engagement. For the law behind the forms, read the national partner removal in LLP guide.