Charity Commissioner submissions are the mandatory annual and event-based compliance filings that every public charitable / religious trust registered with the Office of the Charity Commissioner is required to make under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 (previously the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950) and the Gujarat Public Trusts Act, 2011 — the two principal state-level legislations governing public trusts in their respective jurisdictions. Unlike the Income Tax Act regime (which governs tax exemption) or the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (which governs societies formation), the Public Trusts Act framework is a dedicated, state-level regulatory regime focused specifically on public charitable and religious trusts — administering every aspect of their creation, governance, property administration, financial accountability, alienation of assets, and dissolution. For a trust registered under the Maharashtra or Gujarat framework, the Charity Commissioner is the primary state-level regulator — with the power to scrutinise accounts, approve property transactions, investigate complaints, frame schemes, remove trustees, and even appoint receivers. Every public trust in these states must therefore maintain an active, clean, and up-to-date compliance record with the Charity Commissioner to protect its own operations, its property, its governance, and its donor relationships.

The Charity Commissioner compliance framework in Maharashtra (Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 / Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 — references are sometimes used interchangeably) is among the most comprehensive in India. It requires — (a) initial registration of the trust through filing of Schedule I (application for registration) under Section 18 read with Rules 6 and 7 of the Bombay Public Trusts Rules, 1951; (b) annual filing of Schedule IX (Statement of Income & Expenditure) and Schedule IX-A (Balance Sheet) within 6 months of the end of the trust's accounting year under Section 33; (c) annual audit under Section 34 by a qualified chartered accountant; (d) statutory contribution under Section 58 at 2% of gross annual income (subject to category-specific rules) payable to the Charity Commissioner's Public Trusts Administration Fund; (e) intimation of any change in trustees, address, objects, or trust deed through Change Reports under Section 22 read with Rule 10; (f) prior permission under Section 36 for any sale, exchange, mortgage, lease, or alienation of trust property; (g) intimation of acquisition / sale of immovable property; (h) registration / intimation of borrowings; and (i) compliance with Charity Commissioner scheme-framing directions under Section 50. In Gujarat, the framework is functionally similar under the Gujarat Public Trusts Act, 2011 — with Gujarati-language forms and procedural adaptations, administered by the office of the Joint Charity Commissioner / Charity Commissioner of Gujarat.

Our Charity Commissioner Submission Services cover the full lifecycle of state-level public-trust compliance — from initial registration with the Office of the Charity Commissioner (preparation of Schedule I application, trust deed drafting, public notice under Rule 7, hearing representation before the Deputy / Assistant Charity Commissioner, and receipt of Schedule V registration certificate); ongoing annual compliance (Schedule IX / IX-A filings, annual audit coordination, Section 58 contribution computation and payment, and filing of auditor's report); event-based compliance (Change Reports under Section 22 for trustee changes, property changes, object modifications, and trust deed amendments; Section 36 applications for sale / mortgage / alienation of trust property; Section 50 scheme-framing representations; Section 41 enquiries into trust affairs; Section 54 / 55 / 56 / 57 proceedings where applicable); and handling inspections, objections, complaints, and show-cause proceedings initiated by the Charity Commissioner, Deputy Charity Commissioner, Assistant Charity Commissioner, or Charity Commissioner of a specific district. We also support appeals under Section 70 to the designated District Judge / City Civil Court, further appeals to the Charity Commissioner under Section 70A, and writ proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution in appropriate cases — so every trust's state-level compliance is maintained cleanly alongside its Income Tax Act (12AB / 80G), FCRA, and other statutory compliance.