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 Raipur: what is specific here
Raipur and the Urla-Siltara belt hold hundreds of steel, sponge-iron and rolling mills whose suppliers and transporters carry large dues, alongside rice millers and cement dealers. Steel trade payments are often cheque-based and high-value, so Section 138 and recovery suits are frequent routes here.
Main industries: steel, sponge iron and rolling mills, cement, rice mills and agri-trading, mining supply and construction.
Courts: Judicial Magistrate First Class courts, Raipur, for Section 138; District Court, Raipur, and its Commercial Court for recovery suits; the Chhattisgarh High Court (Bilaspur) for high-value matters.
MSME claims: Udyam-registered micro and small suppliers in Raipur file on MSME Samadhaan, heard by the Chhattisgarh Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (Directorate of Industries, Government of Chhattisgarh, Raipur). The Council sits where the supplier is, so a Raipur 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 Chhattisgarh Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council, where PSUs and listed companies appear like anyone else.