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 Visakhapatnam: what is specific here
Visakhapatnam’s suppliers serve the steel plant, the port, shipyards and the pharma units of Parawada, so many dues are with large companies and PSUs where bills sit in approval. The MSMED Act covers PSU buyers, and Andhra Pradesh’s Facilitation Council takes these claims; logistics operators and seafood exporters have more conventional trade dues.
Main industries: steel and heavy engineering, pharmaceuticals (Pharma City), port logistics and shipping, seafood exports and IT services.
Courts: Metropolitan Magistrate courts, Visakhapatnam, for Section 138; District Court, Visakhapatnam, and its Commercial Court for recovery suits.
MSME claims: Udyam-registered micro and small suppliers in Visakhapatnam file on MSME Samadhaan, heard by the Andhra Pradesh Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (Commissionerate of Industries, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Vijayawada/Amaravati). The Council sits where the supplier is, so a Visakhapatnam 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 Andhra Pradesh Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council, where PSUs and listed companies appear like anyone else.