The Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued a notification on October 23, 2025, to establish ten new Regional Directorates to discharge functions under the Companies Act, 2013, and other delegated powers. This establishment is in supersession of a previous 2015 notification and is done under the powers conferred by Section 396(1) of the Act. The ten directorates, each headed by a Regional Director, are geographically structured with specific jurisdictions across India. For instance, the Regional Director, Northern Region Directorate I, headquartered in New Delhi, will oversee Uttar Pradesh and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, while the Western Region Directorate II in Navi Mumbai will cover all districts of Maharashtra except Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban. Each of the ten new offices, from the Northern to the Southeastern Region, has a defined set of states and union territories under its purview. The notification clarifies that these Regional Directors will also continue to perform functions under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, that remain in force. This new structure will be effective starting January 1, 2026.
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MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd October, 2025
S.O. 4852(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 396 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) and in supersession of the notification of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 832 (E), dated the 3rd November, 2015, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby establishes, the following Regional Directors in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs specified in column (2) of the Table below to discharge the functions conferred upon them by the said Act or delegated to them by the Central Government under said Act for the respective jurisdiction as indicated in the corresponding column (3) of the Table below, namely:-
| Serial number | Office and location | Jurisdiction |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1. | Regional Director, Northern Region Directorate I, Headquarter at New Delhi. | State of Uttar Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi. |
| 2. | Regional Director, Northern Region Directorate II, Headquarter at Chandigarh. | States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Union Territories of Chandigarh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 3. | Regional Director, North-Western Region Directorate, Headquarter at Ahmedabad. | States of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. |
| 4. | Regional Director, Western Region Directorate I, Headquarter at Mumbai. | State of Goa, Union Territory of Daman and Diu and the Districts of Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban. |
| 5. | Regional Director, Western Region Directorate II, Headquarter at Navi Mumbai. | All districts of Maharashtra other than Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban. |
| 6. | Regional Director, Southern Region Directorate, Headquarter at Chennai. | State of Tamil Nadu, Union Territory of Puducherry and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| 7. | Regional Director, South-Western Region Directorate, Headquarter at Bangalore. | States of Karnataka, Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep. |
| 8. | Regional Director, Eastern Region Directorate, Headquarter at Kolkata. | States of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand. |
| 9. | Regional Director, Northeastern Region Directorate, Headquarter at Guwahati. |
States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. |
| 10. | Regional Director, Southeastern Region Directorate, Headquarter at Hyderabad. | States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana. |
2. The Regional Directors specified in column (2) of the Table shall continue to exercise the functions conferred upon them under the Companies Act, 1956 or delegated under that Act in respect of provisions of that Act, which are still in force.
3. This notification shall come into force with effect from 1st January, 2026.
[F. No. A-11/1/2024-Ad.II, MCA]
SANTANU MITRA, Senior Economic Advisor
