MCA vide its notification dated August 24, 2022 amended the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016 and called it the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Second Amendment Rules, 2022. In the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016:

• In Form No. STK-1, in paragraph (1), for the brackets and words “(tick whichever is applicable)”, the following is substituted:
• “the company is not carrying on any business or operations, as revealed after the physical verification carried out under sub-section (9) of section 12.
  (tick whichever is applicable)”;
• In Form STK-5, in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (iii) and before the long line, the following is inserted:
• “(iv) the following companies are not carrying on any business or operations, as revealed after the physical verification carried out under sub-section (9) of section 12.M/s__________ (indicate names of companies”
• In Form No. STK-5A, in paragraph 1, for the brackets and words “[Strike off whichever is not applicable]”, the following is inserted:
• “(iv) are not carrying on any business or operations, as revealed after the physical verification carried out under sub-section (9) of section 12.[Strike off whichever is not applicable]”.