NEW DELHI: The telecom department on Wednesday sent recovery notices of Rs 76,746 crore to Vodafone Idea, Airtel and Tata Tele, expressing unhappiness at their decision to make part payments against AGR (adjusted gross revenue) dues and asking them to deposit the balance amount “without any further delay” to comply with the Supreme Court’s orders.
“Partial payment cannot be construed as compliance to the SC order dated October 24, 2019 and February 14 this year… pay balance amount without any further delay,” the telecom ministry said in a letter to the three companies, making it clear that it wants to collect the full dues that have been ordered by the top court, highly-placed sources told TOI.
Vodafone Idea has so far paid only Rs 3,500 crore towards the Rs 53,038 crore demanded from the company, while Airtel has paid Rs 18,004 crore against the Rs 35,586 crore demanded from it. Tata group companies, Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML), cumulatively paid Rs 4,197 crore towards the Rs 13,823 crore asked from them.
Commenting on the development, another senior official said, “With this notic