Contractors not giving receipts
Hello,
I've used the services of two contractors, one civil and another for air conditioning. They've both received payments from me regularly but are both refusing to give receipts for the same. I've paid them cheques and have all the necessary bank statements showing that a transfer has been made into their account. I've been behind them for more than three months now, they been making excuses every time and now they've stopped answering my phone calls.
I've paid about 9.5 lakhs to the civil contractor and 4.5 lakhs for the air conditioning contractor. They are both registered firms and have been charging VAT from me as well. Mine is also a registered firm and we have the necessary VAT & ST licenses.
What are my options here? Can I serve them a legal notice or something? Are they legally bound to provide me the receipt?
Regards
Manish
PS: I'm losing a couple of lakhs of rupees as I could have claimed the VAT they charge as my input VAT.
Asked 9 years ago in Civil Law
Thanks a bunch gentlemen. Just one last thing, if I'm going to go out looking for a lawyer, what kind of lawyer would I be looking out for?
Asked 9 years ago