Missed AOC-4 or MGT-7 again? See if your DIN is disqualified, from when to when, and which other boards you lose.

Tick the years your company hasn't filed. You get your position, the exact dates, the boards you lose and a note your CA or CS can sign.

Law as read on 1 Nov 2026
1Tick the unfiled years
2Read your position
3Pick what to do
4Print the note
Which years are unfiled?
· Tap a year to tick it.
Leave blank if you've been on the board since before April 2018.
One per line. Leave empty if this is your only board.
Need the arrears filed and the boards put right? Karan's firm does these — the filing takes an afternoon per year; losing your DIN costs five years. Talk to Karan's firm →
Your other boards — dates and directors
If you've resigned, or the company is struck off
Blank = you haven't resigned.
Default: Active.
Your co-directors at the company
Blank date = on the board since before April 2018.
Another company hasn't filed either
Empty by default. Up to two more companies.
AGM dates (only if an AGM was actually held)
Blank = no AGM held; we use the last date it should have been held (30 Sep, or 30 Nov 2021 for FY 2020-21).
If Parliament's two-year rule became law
Off by default. It never changes your verdict or the note.
Letterhead & signature
Remembered on this device. Blank fields print nothing.
How this works

The 3-year rule (s.164(2)). If a company hasn't filed its accounts or its annual return for three financial years in a row, everyone who is or was its director can't be re-appointed there, or appointed anywhere else, for five years from the day it fails.

When a year counts. The AGM is due by 30 Sep; accounts (AOC-4) 30 days later, 30 Oct; the annual return (MGT-7) 60 days later, 29 Nov. FY 2020-21 got two extra months (accounts 30 Dec 2021, return 29 Jan 2022). A year counts as unfiled from the day after its due date, so the third miss lands on 31 Oct (or 30 Nov) of the third year.

Your other boards (s.167(1)(a)). On that day your seat on every other company falls vacant — except the company in default itself, and any other company that is itself in default.

New directors. A director appointed to a company already in default gets six months' grace from appointment. We also show a contested grace for someone who joined within six months before the default.

Your DIN. Rule 11 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 lists when a DIN can be deactivated; disqualification isn't one of them. The Delhi and Calcutta High Courts have ordered DINs restored.

Contested points are listed under "things to check" with the reading we used, and in the printed note.

What this doesn't cover
  • Disqualification for deposits, debentures or dividends (the other half of the 3-year rule).
  • Government companies — they're exempt.
  • FY 2017-18 and earlier — any five years that started then have ended.
  • A company's first financial year — enter its actual AGM date in the AGM fold.
  • Dormant companies filing MSC-3 — ask your CA how those years count.
  • The late fee (use the CalcGuru link) and the officer penalty for late filing.
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This tool applies sections 164(2), 167(1)(a), 168 and 252 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 11 of the Appointment and Qualification of Directors Rules, 2014 as read on 1 Nov 2026. Several points are contested between High Courts and are marked. It is not legal advice; a CA, CS or advocate must confirm your position before you resign, file or petition. Statutory rules change — verify against the latest MCA notifications and circulars. Maintained by a practicing Chartered Accountant, CA Karan Gupta, Raipur.
Tick at least one unfiled year in the tool first.