Till 15-06-1946, works under Indian Partnership Act, 1932 were looked after by the Commissioner of Excise, Assam and works under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 were looked after by the Assistant Commissioner, Joint Stock Companies, Assam, Shillong. On 16-06-1946 the office of the Assistant Commissioner, Joint Stock Companies, Assam, Shillong has been converted to the Registrar of Firms & Societies, Assam. Thus the office of the Registrar of Firms and Societies, Assam came into being with effect from 16-06-1946.
There is no District and Sub-Divisional Level Office under the control of the Registrar of Firms and Societies, Assam. The Office of the Registrar of Firms and Societies is under the administrative control of Government of Assam in the Finance (Establishment B) Department.
The Registrar is the registering authority and under his supervision and guidance the Grade-III staff are required to examine and put up proposals for Registration of Firms under Section 58 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 and for Registration of Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. Guiding principles under different section of these two Acts are also required to be followed. Besides there are other specific guidelines issued by the Government of India as well as Government of Assam, which are required to be followed in dealing with certain categories of applications for Registration of Firms and Societies as the case may be. When the subject relates to a policy decision or some other important matter requiring to be disposed of by the Registrar, he/she forwards the file to the Government for obtaining necessary approval.
List of names of the Registrar of Firms and Societies, Assam
List of names of the Registrar of Firms and Societies, Assam
Sl. No.
Name
From
To
1
A.N.M. Saleh
16-06-1946
24-05-1948
2
A.N. Bhattacharyya
24-05-1948
28-10-1948
3
N.N. Chakravarty
28-10-1948
29-11-1948
4
A.N. Bhattacharyya
29-11-1948
08-01-1949
5
N.N. Chakravarty
08-01-1949
07-10-1950
6
A.N.M. Saleh
07-10-1950
07-10-1953
7
R.K. Borah
07-10-1953
21-11-1953
8
N.N. Chakravarty, IAS
21-11-1953
15-02-1955
9
E.H. Pankyntein
27-05-1955
April 1958
10
R.B. Vaghaiwalla, IAS
12-04-1958
10-06-1958
11
M.E. St. Jahn Perry, IAS
11-06-1958
10-09-1959
12
R.H. Shaw, IAS
11-09-1959
13-06-1961
13
R.Z. Ahmed, IAS
14-06-1961
31-05-1967
14
J.C. Nampui, IAS
01-06-1967
06-12-1968
15
H.P. Rajkhewa, IAS
06-12-1968
24-08-1970
16
R.N. Muhuri, IAS
25-08-1970
31-10-1973
17
B.C. Thakuria, IAS
01-11-1973
07-09-1976
18
J.N. Changkakoti, IAS
08-09-1976
22-04-1978
19
A.P. Sarmah (In-charge)
08-09-1976
22-04-1978
20
M.M. Taimur, IAS
01-07-1978
06-11-1978
21
R.M. Goswami, IAS
07-11-1978
02-01-1981
22
A.C. Changkakoti, IAS
03-01-1981
23-11-1981
23
G.N. Bhattacharyya, IAS
23-11-1981
31-05-1983
24
D.K. Rabha, IAS
01-06-1983
28-02-1986
25
D.K. Rabha, IAS
01-06-1983
28-02-1986
25
J.N. Chakravarty, IAS
01-03-1986
31-12-1987
26
C.N. Baruah, IAS
02-01-1988
31-05-1990
27
Pratul Sarmah, IAS
01-06-1990
13-06-1990
28
D.B. Chhetry, IAS (A/N)
14-06-1990
15-06-1990
29
A.P. Sarmah (In-charge)
16-06-1990
26-07-1990
30
D.B. Chhetry, IAS
27-07-1990
16-08-1991
31
P.C. Deuri, IAS
16-08-1991
31-03-1992
32
A.P. Sarmah (In-Charge)
01-04-1992
18-07-1992
33
Kumar Sonjay Krishna, IAS
29-06-1992
19-10-1992
34
H.R. Keot
20-10-1992
23-05-1993
35
B.J. Bardoloi
24-05-1993
31-03-1999
36
H.P.Das
01-04-1999
23-07-1999
37
H.N. Bhuyan, ACS
23-07-1999
29-02-2004
38
Nil
01-03-2004
22-03-2004
39
Binata Rynjah, ACS
23-03-2004
09-02-2004
40
Dilip Kumar Baruah, ACS
15-06-2004
09-09-2004
41
Prafulla Chandra Saikia
10-09-2004
03-12-2008
42
Afsaruddin Ahmed
02-01-2009
17-04-2009
43
Rousan Ara Begum, ACS
01-08-2009
13-09-2009
44
Bijoy Kumar Laskar
14-09-2009
18-09-2009
45
Rausan Ara Begum, ACS
19-09-2009
02-05-2010
46
Abhijit Dev Laskar, ACS
03-05-2010
31-01-2014
47
Maheswar Baishya
17-02-2014
28-02-2014
48
Nipun Chakravartty, ACS
01-03-2014
31-12-2014
49
Nil
02-02-2015
01-02-2015
50
Dr. Deepak Majumdar, ACS
02-02-2015
15-06-2016
51
Gautam Talukdar, ACS
15-06-2016
05-09-2016
52
Kishor Thakuria, ACS
05-09-2016
03-10-2018
53
Ghana Kanta Pegu, ACS
03-10-2018
11-04-2019
54
Palash Boruah, ACS
11-04-2019
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