16 Case Law No. 01 /Jan 2024
In the matter of Shri Thiyagarajan Parthasarathy
Registrar of Companies, Tamil Nadu
F.NO.ROC/CHN/THIYAGARAJAN/ADJ ORDER/S.155/2023
Adjudication Order
Date of Order: 10th July, 2023
Adjudication Order for the violation of the provisions of Section 155 of the Companies Act, 2013 which do not permit holding more than one “Director Identification Number” (DIN).
FACTS
Shri Thyagrajan Parthsarathy made an application in DIR 5 before the office of the Regional Director (Northern Region) hereinafter RD for the surrender of his DIN.
RD further observed upon processing of application received in e-form DIR-5 with respect to the surrender of the second DIN that, the applicant earlier had applied for and obtained two DINs on the MCA portal, namely DIN: 03191514 dated 23rd August, 2010 (First DIN) and DIN: 09018479 dated 4th January, 2021 (Second DIN).
Thus, the applicant himself had admitted to holding two DINs and the same had