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  • Supplier’s Demand Notice for Principal and Statutory Interest
  • Mehak Chanotiya
  • img October 10, 2026

Supplier’s Demand Notice for Principal and Statutory Interest

When used: Sent by a micro or small enterprise before it files a reference with the Facilitation Council. Annexure A is the interest computation.

[Supplier letterhead]

Date: [__/__/____]        By [registered post / email]

To: [Buyer name], [address]

Subject: Notice for payment of ₹ [____] with interest under section 16 of the MSMED Act, 2006

1. We are a [micro / small] enterprise, Udyam Registration No. [____], registered on [__/__/____]. We supplied [goods/services] to you under PO/Contract [____] dated [__/__/____], covered by invoices listed in Annexure A.

2. The goods/services were delivered on [dates]. No written objection was received within 15 days of delivery. [Alternatively: your objection of [date] was removed by us on [date].] The day of acceptance or deemed acceptance is therefore [date].

3. Under section 15, payment was due [on the agreed date of [date], being within 45 days of acceptance] [before the appointed day, [date]]. The principal of ₹ [____] remains unpaid [after part-payment of ₹ [____] on [date]].

4. Under section 16, you are liable to pay compound interest with monthly rests at three times the bank rate notified by the Reserve Bank, notwithstanding anything in any agreement. Interest up to [date] is ₹ [____] as computed in Annexure A.

5. Please pay the sum of ₹ [____] together with further interest until payment within [15] days of this notice. If you do not, we shall make a reference to the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council under section 18 without further notice.

Yours faithfully, [Name, Designation, Signature]

ANNEXURE A: STATEMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST

Invoice / date

Accepted on

Interest start date

Period

Bank rate (RBI) × 3

Opening balance (₹)

Interest for month (₹)

Payment (₹)

Closing balance (₹)

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Drafting notes

•      Interest runs from the appointed day or from the day after the agreed date, whichever applies. Split the table into periods whenever the RBI bank rate changes and cite the notification for each rate (Article 3).

•      Part-payments reduce principal from the date received.

•      The notice is not a statutory pre-condition to a reference under section 18, but it fixes dates and often prompts payment. Calendar the limitation position before sending, since arbitration is subject to limitation (Article 7).

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Mehak Chanotiya

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