Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), via General Circular No. 01/2025 dated June 16, 2025, has granted a one-time relaxation in additional fees for filing 13 specific e-forms due to the transition of the MCA21 portal from Version 2 (V2) to Version 3 (V3). During the system migration period, from June 18, 2025, to July 13, 2025, these forms will be temporarily unavailable for submission. To ease the transition and avoid penalising stakeholders, filings where the due date or resubmission date falls between June 18 and July 31, 2025, will be permitted without additional fees if submitted by August 15, 2025. The affected forms include AOC-4 variants, MGT-7/7A, MGT-15, GNL-1, LEAP-1, ADT-1, ADT-3, CRA-2, and CRA-4. This measure is approved by the competent authority and is intended to accommodate technical challenges during the system upgrade. Stakeholders are advised to complete filings promptly once the forms are live on MCA21 V3.
File No. Policy-02/1/2023-CL-V-MCA
Government of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
5th Floor, ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhawan,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi 110001
General Circular No. 01/2025 Dated: 16.06.2025
To
All Regional Directors,
All Registrar of Companies.
All Stakeholders.
Subject: Relaxation of additional fees for filing of 13 e-forms during the period of transition from MCA21 V2 to V3 -reg.
Sir/Madam,
This is to inform that in view of the transition of the MCA21 portal from Version 2 (V2) to Version 3 (V3) and to facilitate a smooth roll out of Annual filing and related e-forms in MCA-21 V3, the Ministry has scheduled a system migration phase during which e-Forms (as per Annexure) will be temporarily unavailable for filing from 18.06.2025 and 13.07.2025 (both dates inclusive).
2. Accordingly, to facilitate smooth filing experience for stakeholders, the competent authority has decided that, in cases where the due date (i.e., the last date for filing without additional fees) or resubmission date falls between 18.06.2025 and 31.07.2025 (both dates inclusive), filing of the said e-Forms shall be allowed without levying any additional fees up to 15.08.2025.
3. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.
Yours Faithfully,
(Dr. Amit Kumar)
Deputy Director
dram it.kuma r(te,gov.in
Copy to:
1. E Governance Cell and web content officer to place this circular on the Ministry’s website.
2. Policy-02/1/2023-CL-V-MCA
3. Guard file.
Annexure to the General Circular No. 01/2025 dated 16.06.2025
File no. Policy-02/1/2023-CL-V-MCA
List of e-forms eligible for fee relaxation:
| Sl. No. | Form ID | Description |
| 1. | AOC-4 | Form for filing financial statement and other documents with the Registrar |
| 2. | AOC-4 | For NBFCs filing financial statements |
| 3. | AOC-4 CFS | Consolidated financial statements |
| 4. | AOC-4 CFS | Consolidated financial statements for NBFCs |
| 5. | AOC-4 XBRL | Financial statement in XBRL format |
| 6. | MGT-7/MGT-7 A | Annual Return |
| 7. | MGT-1 5 | Report on Annual General Meeting |
| 8. | GNL- 1 | Application for extension of AGM |
| 9. | LEAP-1 | Submission of Prospectus with the Registrar |
| 10. | ADT-1 | Appointment of Auditor |
| 11. | ADT-3 | Resignation by Auditor |
| 12. | CRA-2 | Appointment of Cost Auditor |
| 13. | CRA-4 | Cost Audit Report |
Note: This relaxation is granted as a one-time measure in consideration of technical constraints during the system transition. Stakeholders are advised to complete necessary filings promptly once the relevant forms are made live on MCA21 V3.
