The notice must separate certified-but-unpaid bills from disputed quantities, and demand release of retention after the defect period. Material suppliers with Udyam registration use MSME Samadhaan; contractors go by notice, settlement and a civil or summary suit, or arbitration if the work order provides for it.
How dues arise in construction, contractors and building materials
Running account bills certified against measurement books, 10% retention held for months, and payment tied to the developer’s own collections.
Proof that wins
The claim is built from work orders, RA bills and measurement sheets, site engineer certifications, delivery challans for materials, and emails about retention and defects. The buyer’s own replies (“will pay next week”) are admissions; part-payments and signed ledger confirmations restart the three-year limitation period.
Mistakes that weaken a claim
- Uncertified RA bills
- Retention never formally claimed
- Extra work done on verbal instruction
- Materials delivered to site without a signed challan
Where construction, contractors and building materials dues concentrate
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Hyderabad
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Ahmedabad
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Noida
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Gurugram
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Lucknow
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Patna
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Bhopal
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Raipur
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Guwahati
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Mumbai
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Vijayawada
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Thiruvananthapuram
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Thrissur
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Kozhikode
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Ghaziabad
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Morbi
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Bhubaneswar
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Ranchi
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Varanasi
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Udaipur
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Mangaluru
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Guntur
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Warangal
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Siliguri
- Construction, contractors and building materials in Jamshedpur
What FundRaksha does
- Free assessment of your invoices and documents.
- Legal notice by a dedicated advocate within 24 hours, built around your trade’s paperwork.
- Negotiation, with disputed items separated from undisputed dues.
- MSME Samadhaan, Section 138, summary suit or arbitration if needed.
30% of the amount recovered; nothing upfront.