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 Pune: what is specific here
Pune’s Chakan, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Talegaon belts hold one of India’s densest networks of auto and engineering suppliers, most of them Udyam-registered small units supplying OEMs and tier-1s. IT vendors in Hinjewadi and Magarpatta add a steady flow of service invoices. Both groups benefit from MSME Samadhaan and from the statutory interest at three times the bank rate.
Main industries: automobile and auto components, IT services, engineering and machine tools, education and training services and FMCG and agri-processing.
Courts: Judicial Magistrate First Class courts at the Shivajinagar court complex for Section 138; District and Sessions Court, Pune, and its Commercial Court for recovery suits.
MSME claims: Udyam-registered micro and small suppliers in Pune file on MSME Samadhaan, heard by the Maharashtra Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (regional councils for Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Amravati regions) (Directorate of Industries, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, and regional Joint Director of Industries offices). The Council sits where the supplier is, so a Pune 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 Maharashtra Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (regional councils for Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Amravati regions), where PSUs and listed companies appear like anyone else.