Besides HSBC Securities, which acted as the merchant banker, the capital market watchdog also reprimanded India Star (Mauritius) Ltd which had made the open offer. However, Sebi ruled that "a direction in the nature of ordering the acquirer to make another public offer is not warranted".

According to people privy to the matter, the regulator is considering a mechanism through which it would send its basic findings to the entity under scrutiny, by way of a basic notice, before issuing a formal enforcement showcause notice. The basic notice will ask if the entity wishes to settle the proceedings through the consent mechanism.

The move follows instances of promoters reclassifying themselves to meet the minimum public shareholding (MPS) norms. A discussion paper for public comment is likely to be issued soon, multiple sources have said.

Its net debt grew by Rs 817 crore during the second quarter of this financial year to Rs 19,944 crore. It also plans to raise Rs 3,600 crore through an issue of securities backed by commercial assets, to replace costlier debt.

In August, the Supreme Court had said that the total amount should be deposited within 3 months with its Registry, pending the outcome of the appeal filed by the DLF against the May 19 order of Competition Appellate Tribunal's upholding the penalty imposed by CCI.

Sources in the know also indicate that board will also discuss regulations for uniform disclosure of share holding pattern and annual results to prevent selective leakage of price sensitive information.

Sources said by way of an amendment to the Sebi Act, 1992, borrowers with a wilful defaulter tag will be barred from raising funds from the market for three years. The changes will be announced in the Sebi board meeting on November 19.

DLF promoters including KP Singh, his children – Pia Singh and Rajiv Singh and two other key management personnel - DLF Managing Director T C Goyal and former MD Ramesh Sanka had approached SAT earlier this month for relief against the Sebi order.

The changes are being made after taking into account suggestions made by the industry and other stakeholders, including market entities and investors.