Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited (HFL)
Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited was incorporated on 14 July 1983 as a subsidiary of Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL), a CPSE under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals. Its registered office is in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, and its manufacturing unit was at Rudraram, Sangareddy; commercial production began in 1987. HFL's 2024-25 annual report says the CCEA closure decision was dated 22 January 2020 and communicated by the Ministry on 29 January 2020; production had stopped by 31 March 2021, and the company remained in the closure process for FY2024-25. Its website listed closure and FY2024-25 secretarial-auditor notices when checked on 24 September 2026.
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How we verify →Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited was incorporated on 14 July 1983 as a subsidiary of Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL), a CPSE under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals. Its registered office is in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, and its manufacturing unit was at Rudraram, Sangareddy; commercial production began in 1987. HFL's 2024-25 annual report says the CCEA closure decision was dated 22 January 2020 and communicated by the Ministry on 29 January 2020; production had stopped by 31 March 2021, and the company remained in the closure process for FY2024-25. Its website listed closure and FY2024-25 secretarial-auditor notices when checked on 24 September 2026.
What happened
Lineage and locations: HFL's official information memorandum identifies it as incorporated on 14 July 1983 as an HOCL subsidiary, with its registered office in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad and manufacturing unit at Rudraram, Sangareddy. It gives 1987 as the year commercial production began and describes HOCL as a CPSE under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.
Closure evidence: the official FY2024-25 annual report identifies the CCEA closure decision as dated 22 January 2020 and the Ministry letter communicating it as dated 29 January 2020. It says production activities had stopped by 31 March 2021 and that HFL remained in the process of closure during FY2024-25.
Website notices: HFL's official site lists a closure notice and a selection-of-secretarial-auditor notice for FY2024-25; both were visible when checked in September 2026.
What we could not confirm
The date field is the website observation date, 24 September 2026, not the closure-decision date. HFL's FY2024-25 annual report confirms the CCEA decision date as 22 January 2020, the Ministry communication date as 29 January 2020, production cessation by 31 March 2021, and an ongoing closure process during FY2024-25. It also provides FY2024-25 accounts and shareholding as of 31 March 2025. The report does not state a closure-completion date.