The Registrar of Companies (ROC) is the Government office, authorized to approve the name. ROC is an office under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).
Every State in India has one ROC office except Maharashtra and Tamilnadu where there are two ROC offices. In Maharashtra companies are registered with Mumbai & Pune ROC. In Tamilnadu companies are incorporated at Chennai and Coimbatore ROCs. In all other States like Delhi there is only one ROC office, like at Bangalore, Hyderabad and so on.
