Government notifies RoC, Liquidator offices for Telangana

NEW DELHI: With an aim to help companies seeking to register and operate in Telangana, the Corporate Affairs Ministry has notified the establishment of Registrar of Office ( RoC) and an Official Liquidator for the new state.

The two separate gazette notifications in this regard have come into force from June 13.

"The Central Government hereby establish the office of the Registrar of Companies at Hyderabad having territorial jurisdiction in the whole State of Telengana..," said a notification.

Consequently, the Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad would discharge all the functions for the purpose of registration of companies under the Companies Act in the state of Telengana.

Through a separate notification, the centre has established the office of the Official Liquidator at Hyderabad for discharging of its functions for Telangana state.

The office at Hyderabad would consequently act as Official Liquidator for firms under the Companies Act.

On June 2, Telangana came into existence as the 29th state of India, capping the decades-old struggle in the region for carving out a separate state from Andhra Pradesh.