Where vendor payments get stuck
- GRN not raised. Goods received, portal not updated; the payment clock never starts on their side. On yours it did: the Act counts from acceptance, not from the GRN.
- Debit notes. Rejections and short-shipment deductions applied without agreement.
- Portal invoices “under query”. Rejected for formatting while the dues age.
- Payment runs. Monthly cycles that push a 45-day invoice to 75 days.
Recovering B2B dues in Agra: what is specific here
Agra makes a large share of India’s footwear, supplied to brands and wholesalers in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata on 90 to 120 day credit; marble and handicraft exporters add overseas dues. Footwear units are mostly micro and small enterprises, so the MSME Act’s 45-day rule and interest apply, and Samadhaan is heard in Uttar Pradesh.
Main industries: footwear and leather, marble inlay and handicrafts, tourism and hospitality, cold storage and potato trading and iron foundries.
Courts: Judicial Magistrate courts, Agra, for Section 138; District Court, Agra, and its Commercial Court for recovery suits.
MSME claims: Udyam-registered micro and small suppliers in Agra file on MSME Samadhaan, heard by the Uttar Pradesh Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (Directorate of Industries, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur). The Council sits where the supplier is, so a Agra supplier can pursue a buyer in another state from home.
How we collect from large buyers
- We reconcile your ledger against POs, GRNs and portal records so the claim is exact.
- Your advocate sends a notice to the buyer’s registered office, CFO and company secretary within 24 hours, citing Sections 15 and 16 of the MSMED Act, Section 43B(h) and the MSME-1 disclosure.
- Most buyers clear the invoice at this stage; disputes on debit notes are negotiated in writing.
- If not, MSME Samadhaan before the Uttar Pradesh Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council, where PSUs and listed companies appear like anyone else.