The striking off a company may be effected by following two ways:
- Striking-off by Registrar of his own motion
Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that a company is not carrying on business or in operation, he shall send to the company by post a letter inquiring whether the company is carrying on business or in operation. Then follow the procedure to strike off the name of company from its register and publish notice in official gazette.
- Striking-off on company’s application
The Registrar can exercise the power conferred on him by Section 560, when an application is received by him from him from the company for striking it off on the ground that it is a defunct company, i.e. it is not carrying on business or in operation. On following procedure, the Registrar may strike its name off the register, and shall publish notice thereof in the Official Gazette.