Maharashtra gets legal notice from Swiss firm over Rs 1.5 crore dues linked to CM’s Davos visit
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The Maharashtra government has received a legal notice for allegedly not paying Rs 1.5 crore to a Switzerland-based company for the hospitality services provided to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, during his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, The Indian Express reported on Saturday.
On August 28, the contractor SKAAH GmbH claimed in a notice that the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation had not paid Rs 1.58 crore of the expenses incurred by the delegation of Shinde, several ministers and state government officials during the event held in January.
The notice, which warned of legal action, was addressed to the state-run corporation, the chief minister’s office, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the World Economic Forum, the newspaper reported.
The contractor claimed that the company had submitted its bills for the services provided during the event to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation. However, while the corporation, which is part of the state government, had paid about Rs 3.75 crore of the total bill, a balance amount of Rs 1.58 crore was due.
“All the payments were kept outstanding and pending on the trust in the MIDC [Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation] being a government organisation and in good faith, with the expectation of payment in due time and as agreed between the parties,”...
