Members approve Secretarial Auditor appointment for five consecutive financial years

Members of Zeal Aqua Ltd, at the 18th AGM on 30 Sep 2026, approved the appointment of CS Manish R. Patel (ACS No. 19885) as Secretarial Auditor for five consecutive financial years, FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31.

Thu 1 Oct 2026

AGM

18th AGM on 30 Sep 2026

Appointee

CS Manish R. Patel (ACS No. 19885)

Role

Secretarial Auditor

Term

five consecutive financial years, FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31

Secretarial Auditor appointed by members

• The company held its 18th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at 04:30 p.m. (IST), through video conferencing / other audio-visual means.
• At that meeting, members approved the appointment of Mr. Manish R. Patel, Practising Company Secretary (ACS No. 19885, CP No. 9360), as Secretarial Auditor.
• The term is five consecutive financial years, commencing from FY 2026-27 and ending with FY 2030-31. In the update's own words, he holds office from the conclusion of the 18th AGM till the conclusion of the 23rd AGM.
• The appointment is stated to be pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 24A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

What a secretarial auditor does

• A secretarial auditor examines whether a company's secretarial and compliance records are kept as required — registers, board and shareholder meeting records, and statutory updates.
• This is a governance and compliance review that runs alongside the financial audit; it is not a comment on the company's sales, orders or profits.

Who has been appointed

• CS Manish R. Patel is a practising company secretary with over 21 years of experience in corporate laws, governance and compliance, including work with listed companies across sectors.
• He became an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India in 2006 and has been practising in Surat since 2009.
• The update carries a Peer Review No. 7382/2025 and COP 9360 for him.

How a reader can look at this

• This is a periodic governance appointment. The approval came from members at the AGM, not only from the board, so it carries shareholder sign-off.
• A five-year term means the same auditor is expected to review the company's secretarial records across FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31.
• Announcements of this kind describe changes in the company's compliance and audit arrangements; they do not by themselves change what the business does or how it earns.

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