ADT-1 Auditor Appointment Filing — Appointed. Intimated. Documented.

When a company appoints its statutory auditor, the appointment has to be intimated to the Registrar of Companies in Form ADT-1. The form is short, but it sits on top of a chain of documents — the auditor's consent, the eligibility certificate, the board or shareholder resolution and the appointment letter — and it is that chain, not the form, that gets tested later.

At N D Savla & Associates, we handle ADT-1 filings for companies in Nashik and across Maharashtra, covering first appointments after incorporation, appointments at the annual general meeting, reappointments for a further term and appointments to fill a casual vacancy.

The tenure position is where most companies come unstuck: the term for which the auditor was appointed, whether ratification was recorded, and whether rotation requirements apply. We fix that position on paper before filing so the record and the intention agree.