1. This order will govern the disposal of WP Nos.11258/18, 7527/18, 11261/18 & 11217/18 since the issue involved in all these petitions is identical.

2. For convenience the facts are being noted from WP No.11258/2018.

3. By this writ petition the petitioners have challenged Annexure P/1 which is the list of disqualified directors under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 (for short “the Act”) issued by the ROC, Gwalior as also Annexure P/8 showing the status of the petitioner’s DIN as “disqualified by ROC under Section 164(2)” of the Act.

4. The brief facts are that the petitioners are the directors of M/s. ADI Softech Pvt. Ltd. They are also the directors of other four companies, a list of which is filed as Ex.P/7. The Registrar of Companies had issued the notice dated 10.3.2017 for striking off the name of M/s. ADI Softech Pvt. Ltd. and thereafter he had passed the order and published the notice in Form No.STK-7 under Section 248(5) of the Act dated 9.6.2017 striking off the name of M/s ADI Softech Pvt. Ltd. along with many other companies and declaring them as dissolved. Further case of the petitioners is that they had filed the annual returns and balance sheets fro