Lok Sabha Question No. 5089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Debt Recovery Tribunals
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5089

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  APRIL, 2022 / CHAITRA 14, 1944 (SAKA)

## Debt Recovery Tribunals

5089.    Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

## QUESTION

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Debt Recovery Tribunals working in the country, State-wise;
- (b ) the number of cases disposed of by these tribunals along with recovery of the debt during the last three years and the current year, tribunal/year-wise;
- (c ) t he number of cases pending in each tribunal at present; and
- (d) the time by which these cases are likely to be disposed of ?

## ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Dr. Bhagwat Karad)

- (a) Government has set up 39 Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) in the country. The details is enclosed at Annexure -1.
- (b) The details of the number of cases disposed of by these tribunals and the amount recovered during the last three financial years and the current financial year is enclosed at Annexure-2.
- (c )   As on 28.02.2022, total 1,61,034 cases are pending for adjudication. The number of cases pending is enclosed at Annexure- 3.
- (d)  As per section 19(24) of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) Act, 1993, the application made to the Tribunal under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 19 of the said Act shall be dealt with by it as expeditiously as possible and every effort shall be made by it to complete the proceedings in two hearings, and to dispose of the application finally within one hundred and eighty days from the date of receipt of the application.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UNSTARRED Q No. 5089  for 04.04.2022

|   S. No. | Name of DRT       | State/ Union Territory in which DRT is located   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | DRT Vishakapatnam | Andhra Pradesh                                   |
|        2 | DRT Guwahati      | Assam                                            |
|        3 | DRT Patna         | Bihar                                            |
|        4 | DRT 1 Delhi       | Delhi                                            |
|        5 | DRT 2 Delhi       | Delhi                                            |
|        6 | DRT 3 Delhi       | Delhi                                            |
|        7 | DRT 1 Ahmedabad   | Gujarat                                          |
|        8 | DRT 2 Ahmedabad   | Gujarat                                          |
|        9 | DRT Ranchi        | Jharkhand                                        |
|       10 | DRT 1 Bangalore   | Karnataka                                        |
|       11 | DRT 2 Bangalore   | Karnataka                                        |
|       12 | DRT 1 Ernakulam   | Kerala                                           |
|       13 | DRT 2 Ernakulam   | Kerala                                           |
|       14 | DRT Jabalpur      | Madhya Pradesh                                   |
|       15 | DRT Aurangabad    | Maharashtra                                      |
|       16 | DRT 1 Mumbai      | Maharashtra                                      |
|       17 | DRT 2 Mumbai      | Maharashtra                                      |
|       18 | DRT 3 Mumbai      | Maharashtra                                      |
|       19 | DRT Pune          | Maharashtra                                      |
|       20 | DRT Nagpur        | Maharashtra                                      |
|       21 | DRT Cuttack       | Orissa                                           |
|       22 | DRT 1 Chandigarh  | Punjab/Haryana/UT of Chandigarh                  |
|       23 | DRT 2 Chandigarh  | Punjab/Haryana/UT of Chandigarh                  |
|       24 | DRT 3 Chandigarh  | Punjab/Haryana/UT of Chandigarh                  |
|       25 | DRT Jaipur        | Rajasthan                                        |
|       26 | DRT Coimbatore    | Tamil Nadu                                       |
|       27 | DRT 1 Chennai     | Tamil Nadu                                       |
|       28 | DRT 2 Chennai     | Tamil Nadu                                       |
|       29 | DRT 3, Chennai    | Tamil Nadu                                       |
|       30 | DRT Madurai       | Tamil Nadu                                       |
|       31 | DRT 1 Hyderabad   | Telangana                                        |
|       32 | DRT 2 Hyderabad   | Telangana                                        |
|       33 | DRT Allahabad     | Uttar Pradesh                                    |
|       34 | DRT Lucknow       | Uttar Pradesh                                    |
|       35 | DRT Dehradun      | Uttarakhand                                      |
|       36 | DRT 1 Kolkata     | West Bengal                                      |
|       37 | DRT 2 Kolkata     |                                                  |
|       38 | DRT 3 Kolkata     |                                                  |
|       39 | DRT Siliguri      |                                                  |

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UNSTARRED Q . No. 5089 for 04.04.2022

| S. No.   | Name of DRT      | No . of Cases Disposed off ( original application filed under the provsion of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) Act, 1993)   | No . of Cases Disposed off ( original application filed under the provsion of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) Act, 1993)   | No . of Cases Disposed off ( original application filed under the provsion of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) Act, 1993)   | No . of Cases Disposed off ( original application filed under the provsion of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) Act, 1993)   | Amount Recovered (Rs. in Cr.)   | Amount Recovered (Rs. in Cr.)   | Amount Recovered (Rs. in Cr.)   | Amount Recovered (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|          |                  | 2018- 19                                                                                                                          | 2019-20                                                                                                                           | 2020-21                                                                                                                           | 2021-22 (upto 31.12.2021)                                                                                                         | 2018-19                         | 2019-20                         | 2020- 21                        | 2021-22 (upto 31.12.2021)       |
| 1        | DRT 1 Ahmedabad  | 444                                                                                                                               | 56                                                                                                                                | 48                                                                                                                                | 43                                                                                                                                | 450.09                          | 260.39                          | 105.18                          | 49.13                           |
| 2        | DRT 2 Ahmedabad  | 88                                                                                                                                | 137                                                                                                                               | 74                                                                                                                                | 86                                                                                                                                | 87.66                           | 490                             | 43.00                           | 94.00                           |
| 3        | DRT Allahabad    | 217                                                                                                                               | 166                                                                                                                               | 85                                                                                                                                | 75                                                                                                                                | 102.90                          | 101.46                          | 33.28                           | 36.94                           |
| 4        | DRT Aurangabad   | 109                                                                                                                               | 26                                                                                                                                | 8                                                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                                                 | 96.61                           | 9.17                            | 1.21                            | 4.11                            |
| 5        | DRT 1 Bangalore  | 972                                                                                                                               | 445                                                                                                                               | 399                                                                                                                               | 457                                                                                                                               | 235.66                          | 198.57                          | 365.60                          | 324.21                          |
| 6        | DRT 2 Bangalore  | 69                                                                                                                                | 116                                                                                                                               | 306                                                                                                                               | 57                                                                                                                                | 974.36                          | 1689.65                         | 702.22                          | 6792.06                         |
| 7        | DRT 1 Chandigarh | 412                                                                                                                               | 273                                                                                                                               | 308                                                                                                                               | 453                                                                                                                               | 352.49                          | 172.09                          | 237.75                          | 532.43                          |
| 8        | DRT 2 Chandigarh | 807                                                                                                                               | 82                                                                                                                                | 81                                                                                                                                | 109                                                                                                                               | 95.05                           | 156.88                          | 76.38                           | 178.41                          |
| 9        | DRT 3 Chandigarh | 323                                                                                                                               | 387                                                                                                                               | 164                                                                                                                               | 307                                                                                                                               | 382.84                          | 165.73                          | 268.3                           | 374.08                          |
| 10       | DRT 1 Chennai    | 55                                                                                                                                | 28                                                                                                                                | 93                                                                                                                                | 47                                                                                                                                | 74.71                           | 232.75                          | 136.23                          | 52.35                           |
| 11       | DRT 2 Chennai    | 67                                                                                                                                | 80                                                                                                                                | 112                                                                                                                               | 64                                                                                                                                | 137.17                          | 260.97                          | 319.98                          | 117.18                          |
| 12       | DRT 3 Chennai    | 131                                                                                                                               | 33                                                                                                                                | 62                                                                                                                                | 58                                                                                                                                | 23.85                           | 22.91                           | 46.44                           | 52.11                           |
| 13       | DRT Coimbatore   | 70                                                                                                                                | 62                                                                                                                                | 227                                                                                                                               | 266                                                                                                                               | 98.13                           | 7.52                            | 129.16                          | 230.45                          |
| 14       | DRT Cuttack      | 1608                                                                                                                              | 57                                                                                                                                | 83                                                                                                                                | 66                                                                                                                                | 28.54                           | 11.57                           | 52.14                           | 57.29                           |
| 15       | DRT Dehradun     | 145                                                                                                                               | 109                                                                                                                               | 58                                                                                                                                | 36                                                                                                                                | 285.34                          | 102.98                          | 72.06                           | 68.13                           |
| 16       | DRT 1 Delhi      | 42                                                                                                                                | 64                                                                                                                                | 18                                                                                                                                | 51                                                                                                                                | 557.13                          | 431.93                          | 50.08                           | 60.16                           |
| 17       | DRT 2 Delhi      | 3189                                                                                                                              | 116                                                                                                                               | 55                                                                                                                                | 131                                                                                                                               | 2929.86                         | 348.83                          | 261.60                          | 543.99                          |

## Annexure-2

| 18   | DRT 3 Delhi       |   4807 |   48 |   59 |   188 | 326.63         |   163.97 |   36.74 |    90.55 |
|------|-------------------|--------|------|------|-------|----------------|----------|---------|----------|
| 19   | DRT 1 Ernakulam   |    266 |  101 |   75 |    88 | 166.33         |    68.67 |   47.89 |    32.29 |
| 20   | DRT 2 Ernakulam   |    154 |  173 |   78 |    67 | 255.32         |   247.3  |   29.49 |    30.22 |
| 21   | DRT Guwahati      |    215 |  215 |   72 |   117 | 70.92          |   184.29 |  333.57 |   672.31 |
| 22   | DRT Hyderabad     |    348 |  177 |  129 |   128 | 861.02         |   162.12 |  171.95 |    93.89 |
| 23   | DRT Hyderabad     |    510 |  201 |  139 |   126 | 1070.43        |   193.57 |  202.06 |   262.06 |
| 24   | DRT Jabalpur      |    121 |   90 |   56 |   234 | 44.00          |   110.55 |   20.24 |   180.83 |
| 25   | DRT Jaipur        |    239 |  234 |  342 |   313 | 195.48         |   109.25 |  123.98 |    91.02 |
| 26   | DRT 1 Kolkata     |    576 |   34 |    6 |    12 | 2251.55        |    69.79 |    2.93 |    10.13 |
| 27   | DRT 2 Kolkata     |    343 |   81 |    9 |     9 | 92.17          |    49.13 |   11.76 |    91.35 |
| 28   | DRT 3 Kolkata     |     36 |   33 |   72 |    62 | 16.7           |    21.75 |   29.54 |    61.77 |
| 29   | DRT Lucknow       |     61 |  101 |   70 |    13 | 33.2           |    59.62 |   50.13 |    22.92 |
| 30   | DRT Madurai       |     18 |   23 |  256 |   136 | 4.42           |    14.65 |  103.34 |    40.18 |
| 31   | DRT 1 Mumbai      |     17 |  841 |   23 |    28 | 188.00         |   298.92 |   23.38 |   191    |
| 32   | DRT 2 Mumbai      |    241 |  613 |   11 |    32 | 53.53          |   168.53 |   33.58 |    85.5  |
| 33   | DRT 3 Mumbai      |     56 |   22 |   28 |    39 | 19.07          |     9.55 |   11.66 |    10.33 |
| 34   | DRT Nagpur        |   3167 |   78 |   62 |    30 | 43.17          |    42.7  |   24.16 |    15.87 |
| 35   | DRT Patna         |   3913 |   96 |  234 |   150 | 21.95          |    39.93 |   95.92 |    84.55 |
| 36   | DRT Pune          |     53 |  102 |    9 |    81 | 35.12          |    35.21 |    9.95 |    15.63 |
| 37   | DRT Ranchi        |    179 |  208 |  289 |   516 | 139.74         |   118.13 |  121.5  |   259.8  |
| 38   | DRT Siliguri      |     30 |   26 |   17 |    15 | 8.27           |    11.7  |    4.2  |     4.94 |
| 39   | DRT Vishakapatnam |     42 |  120 |  114 |   131 |                |    52.62 |   75.66 |    42.81 |
|      | Total             |  24140 | 5772 | 4331 |  4830 | 51.36 12860.77 |  6895.35 | 4464.24 | 11957    |

Note: As per information provided by  DRTs

## Annexure 3

## Annexure referred  to in reply to  Lok Sabha UNSTARRED Q. No.  5089 for  04.04.2022

| S.No.   | Name of DRT      | Number of cases pending in each DRT as on 28.02.2022   |   Number of cases pending in each DRT as on 28.02.2022 |
|---------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | DRT 1 Ahmedabad  |                                                        |                                                   3152 |
| 2       | DRT 2 Ahmedabad  |                                                        |                                                   5402 |
| 3       | DRT Allahabad    |                                                        |                                                   3336 |
| 4       | DRT Aurangabad   |                                                        |                                                   4123 |
| 5       | DRT 1 Bangalore  |                                                        |                                                   4441 |
| 6       | DRT 2 Bangalore  |                                                        |                                                   6441 |
| 7       | DRT 1 Chandigarh |                                                        |                                                   6614 |
| 8       | DRT 2 Chandigarh |                                                        |                                                  10578 |
| 9       | DRT 3 Chandigarh |                                                        |                                                   8885 |
| 10      | DRT 1 Chennai    |                                                        |                                                   2271 |
| 11      | DRT 2 Chennai    |                                                        |                                                   3146 |
| 12      | DRT 3 Chennai    |                                                        |                                                   1571 |
| 13      | DRT Coimbatore   |                                                        |                                                   6473 |
| 14      | DRT Cuttack      |                                                        |                                                   4313 |
| 15      | DRT Dehradun     |                                                        |                                                   1205 |
| 16      | DRT 1 Delhi      |                                                        |                                                   6398 |
| 17      | DRT 2 Delhi      |                                                        |                                                   3807 |
| 18      | DRT 3 Delhi      |                                                        |                                                   3565 |
| 19      | DRT 1 Ernakulam  |                                                        |                                                   2865 |
| 20      | DRT 2 Ernakulam  |                                                        |                                                   3335 |
| 21      | DRT Guwahati     |                                                        |                                                    955 |
| 22      | DRT Hyderabad    |                                                        |                                                    844 |
|         | DRT Hyderabad    | 23                                                     |                                                   1947 |

| 24   | DRT Jabalpur      |   5479 |
|------|-------------------|--------|
| 25   | DRT Jaipur        |   1846 |
| 26   | DRT 1 Kolkata     |   6986 |
| 27   | DRT 2 Kolkata     |   2901 |
| 28   | DRT 3 Kolkata     |   7171 |
| 29   | DRT Lucknow       |   3788 |
| 30   | DRT Madurai       |   5545 |
| 31   | DRT 1 Mumbai      |   3693 |
| 32   | DRT 2 Mumbai      |   5734 |
| 33   | DRT 3 Mumbai      |   5624 |
| 34   | DRT Nagpur        |   2731 |
| 35   | DRT Patna         |   1620 |
| 36   | DRT Pune          |   5479 |
| 37   | DRT Ranchi        |   1682 |
| 38   | DRT Siliguri      |   1048 |
| 39   | DRT Vishakapatnam |   4040 |
|      | Total             | 161034 |

Source: e-DRT portal