The Pune Registrar of Companies (ROC) has imposed a penalty on a person for having two separate DIN numbers. A suo moto application u/s 454 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014, and Section 155 of the Companies Act, 2013, has been submitted by the applicant.
The application was filed via Form GNL-1 (SRN AB5597380 dated August 04, 2025), and the physical copy was provided on June 27, 2025. The applicant notified ROC that Mr Deepak Vasant Patil earlier had a Director Identification Number (DIN) 07476832 when he became a director on May 25, 2016.
This DIN is presently linked with Pasaydan Manufacturing and Marketing Private Limited and Pasaydan Healthcare Private Limited.
But, at the time of his appointment as a Designated Partner in Shriya Frameworks Infra LLP on June 09, 2023, another DIN (10196797) was inadvertently allotted to him. The same took place without any intention and without any wrongful desire.
The applicant came to know about the issue in January 2025 when a professional was working on incorporating a new LLP. Post determining the mistake, he took measures to rectify the same and filed Form DIR-5 (SRN AB3329403 dated April 18, 2025) to surrender the second DIN (10196797).
But the noticee did not request an e-hearing, and the adjudicating officer decided that an e-hearing was not required in this case.
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The adjudicating officer, post acknowledging all facts, submissions, and circumstances and utilising the authority u/s 454(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, charged 50% of the maximum penalty on the noticee for the breach of section 155, which is punishable u/s 159 of the Act.
Therefore, the officer charged a penalty of Rs 194,750 on Deepak Vasant Patil.
Read Order No. PO/ADJ/02-2026/PU/01689 in PDF format.
