Allotment of Director Identification Number (Section 154 of the Companies Act, 2013) :
According to section 154 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Central Government shall, within one month from the receipt of the application under section 153, allot a Director Identification Number (DIN) to the applicant in such manner as may be prescribed.
Rule 10 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 provides the procedure for allotment of DIN according to which:
(i) On the submission of the Form DIR-3 on the portal and payment of the requisite amount of fees through online mode, an application number shall be generated by the system automatically.
(ii) After generation of application number, the Central Government shall process the applications received for allotment of DIN and decide on the approval or rejection thereof and communicate the same to the applicant along with the DIN allotted in case of approval by way of a letter by post or electronically or in any other mode, within a period of one month from the receipt of such application.
(iii) If the Central Government, on examination, finds such application to be defective or incomplete in any respect, it shall give intimation of such defect or incompleteness, by placing it on the website and by email to the applicant who has filed such application, directing the applicant to rectify such defects or incompleteness by resubmitting the application within a period of 15 days of such placing on the website and email.
Provided that the Central Government shall –
(a) reject the application and direct the applicant to file fresh application with complete and correct information, where the defect has been rectified partially or the information given is still found to be defective;
(b) treat and label such application as invalid in the electronic record in case the defects are not removed within the given time; and
(c) inform the applicant either by way of letter by post or electronically or in any other mode.
(iv) In case of rejection or invalidation of application, the fee so paid with the application shall neither be refunded nor adjusted with any other application.
(v) All DIN allotted to individual(s) by the Central Government before the commencement of these rules shall be deemed to have been allotted to them under these rules.
(vi) The DIN so allotted under these rules is valid for the life-time of the applicant and shall not be allotted to any other person.
The MCA vide Notification No. S.O. 1354(E) dated 21st May, 2014 delegates the powers and functions of the Central Government in respect of allotment of Director Identification Number under section 154 of the Companies Act, 2013 to the Regional Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director posted in the office of Regional Director at Noida.