Voluntary Strike-Off Workflow

1. Establish the company context

Review eligibility and restrictions for the specific company. A wish to close a company does not establish that a particular closure route is available.

2. Prepare a coherent working file

Reconcile the financial and obligation position. Identify the source documents behind each proposed factual statement and assign owners to missing information.

3. Separate proposals from completed decisions

Prepare approval and supporting-document drafts only after review of the proposed route. Keep company particulars, names and dates consistent throughout the working file.

4. Reconcile the follow-up records

Track execution, filing preparation and subsequent communication separately. Retain acknowledgements and actual status updates; a checklist does not prove completion or dissolution.

Illustrative example

When an inactive company asks about closure, first assemble its status, obligations and pending matters. Review the available route before preparing approvals, rather than treating inactivity as automatic eligibility.

Working-file checklist

• Eligibility and restriction review note
• Outstanding-matter checklist
• Approval and supporting-document drafts
• Execution and communication tracker

Record a document reference, responsible person and completion status for each item. Generated text and a saved checkbox do not themselves establish that the underlying approval, execution or filing has occurred.

References and professional review

This is a workflow preparation guide. Check current amendments, rules, exemptions, forms and applicable Secretarial Standards for the company before finalising a matter. Reference publications may not include every subsequent amendment.

• MCA: Companies Act, 2013 reference text
• ICSI: publications and Secretarial Standards resources