Appointment of Auditors in case of government companies

Solution

Section 139.Appointment of auditors 139 (1) - Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, every company  shall, at the first annual general meeting, appoint an individual or a firm as an auditor who shall hold office from the conclusion of that meeting till the conclusion of its sixth annual general meeting and thereafter till the conclusion of every sixth meeting and the manner and procedure of selection of auditors by the member of the company at such meeting shall be such as may be prescribed 139 (5 ) - Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in the case of a Government company  or any other company owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Central Government, or by any State Government or Governments, or partly by the Central Government and partly by one or more State Governments, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India shall, in respect of a financial year, appoint an auditor duly qualified to be appointed as an auditor of companies under this Act, within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the commencement of the financial year, who shall hold office till the conclusion of the annual general meeting.