General Circular   N        .o.frlzol,s
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                                    File No./r/40 /2or3 /cL-v
                                       Government of India
                                   Ministrv of CorDorate Affairs

                                                       'A'Win& 5'r' floor, Shastri Bhawan
                                            Dr, Raiendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110001
                                                                 tratgd: fttb lune, 2015

To
            All Regional Directors,
            All Registrars of Companies,
            All Stakeholders

Subr - Extension of time for filing of Notice ofappointment of the Cost Auditor
       for the F.Y, 2015-16 in Form CRA-Z and filine of cost audit report to the
       Central Government for the F.Y, 2014-15 in form CRA-4.
Sir,

       The Ministry has received several representations about the non-availability of
the revised form CRA-z on MCA-21 required for filing of notice ofappointment ofthe
Cost Auditor for the F.Y. 2015-16, although the time Iimit for filing of the same has
either lapsed or will be lapsing. The revised form CRA-2 has now been notified on 12th
June, 2015 and is availablc on the MCAZ1 system for filing.






2.    ln view ofthe delay in availability of revised Form CRA"2 on the MCAz1 portal,
however, thc additional fee on account ofany delay beyond the prescribed period of
30 days from the date of lloard Meeting in which the appointment ofthe Auditor was
made for filing of CRA-2 for the financial year starting on ol after 1" April, 2015 is
waived for all such filings till 30th June, 2015,

3.     The revised e-F'orm cM-4 has also been notified vide the above mentioned
notification and will be made available on MCA-21 portal shortly. Therefore, on the
similar lines mentioned in above paras, additional fees on delayed filing of form CRA-
4 bcyond the prescribed period of 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of Cost
Audit Rcport from the Cost Auditor for the Financial Year starting on or after 1"t n pril,
2014 is also waived for all such filings till 31$ August, 2015-






4.          This issues with thc approvalofthe Compctent Authority.
                                                                         Yours faithfullv.


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                                                                      IK.M.Si Nardtanan)
                                                                      Assistant Director
                                                                         'fel:23387263
Copy to:
   1. E-governance Section and web content officer to place this circular on the
            Ministry's website.
       2.   File No. 52 / 22 / CAB / 2015