Lok Sabha Question No. 4161 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
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. 4161

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2023 / CHAITRA 6, 1945 (SAKA)

## Debt Recovery Tribunals

## QUESTION

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Debt Recovery Tribunals functioning in the country, State-wise;
- (b ) the number of cases disposed of by these Tribunals during the last three years and as on date along with the details of quantum of debt recovered Tribunal-wise and year-wise;
- (c ) t he number of cases pending in each Tribunal as on the date; 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) There are 39 Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) in the country. The details are at Annexure -1.
- (b) The  details  of  the  number  of  cases  disposed  of  by  these  tribunals  and  the amount recovered for the last three financial years and current financial year are at Annexure-2.
- (c ) As on 28.02.2023, a total of 1,57,673 cases are pending for adjudication. The details of the number of cases pending are 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.
4161.    Arun Kumar Sagar

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

| Annexure          |               |                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                       |                               |                               |                               | Annexure - 2                  |
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 27.03.2023 S. No. | Name of DRT   | referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UNSTARRED No. of cases disposed of application filed under provision of recovery of | referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UNSTARRED No. of cases disposed of application filed under provision of recovery of | referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UNSTARRED No. of cases disposed of application filed under provision of recovery of | referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UNSTARRED No. of cases disposed of application filed under provision of recovery of | Amount recovered (Rs. in Cr.) | Amount recovered (Rs. in Cr.) | Amount recovered (Rs. in Cr.) | Amount recovered (Rs. in Cr.) |
| 27.03.2023 S. No. | Name of DRT   | Bankruptcy 2019- 20                                                                                                   | 2020 - 21                                                                                                             | (RDB) Act, 2021 - 22                                                                                                  | 1993) 2022 -23 (upto 31.01.2023                                                                                       | 2019-20                       | 2020 - 21                     | 2021 - 22                     | 2022 -23 (upto 31.01.2023     |
| 1                 | Ahmedabad 1   | 56                                                                                                                    | 48                                                                                                                    | 152                                                                                                                   | 202                                                                                                                   | 260.39                        | 105.18                        | 134.22                        | 194.21                        |
| 2                 | Ahmedabad 2   | 137                                                                                                                   | 74                                                                                                                    | 175                                                                                                                   | 35                                                                                                                    | 490                           | 43.00                         | 276                           | 66.63                         |
| 3                 | Allahabad     | 166                                                                                                                   | 85                                                                                                                    | 108                                                                                                                   | 200                                                                                                                   | 101.46                        | 33.28                         | 43.99                         | 175.09                        |
| 4                 | Aurangabad    | 26                                                                                                                    | 8                                                                                                                     | 17                                                                                                                    | 39                                                                                                                    | 9.17                          | 1.21                          | 1.51                          | 9.34                          |
| 5                 | Bangalore 1   | 445                                                                                                                   | 399                                                                                                                   | 486                                                                                                                   | 178                                                                                                                   | 198.57                        | 365.60                        | 208.3                         | 77.22                         |
| 6                 | Bangalore 2   | 116                                                                                                                   | 306                                                                                                                   | 89                                                                                                                    | 169                                                                                                                   | 1689.65                       | 702.22                        | 6496.65                       | 143.29                        |
| 7                 | Chandigarh 1  | 273                                                                                                                   | 308                                                                                                                   | 591                                                                                                                   | 337                                                                                                                   | 172.09                        | 237.75                        | 687.37                        | 117.58                        |
| 8                 | Chandigarh 2  | 82                                                                                                                    | 81                                                                                                                    | 42                                                                                                                    | 122                                                                                                                   | 156.88                        | 76.38                         | 53.45                         | 53.58                         |
| 9                 | Chandigarh 3  | 387                                                                                                                   | 164                                                                                                                   | 427                                                                                                                   | 211                                                                                                                   | 165.73                        | 268.3                         | 454.63                        | 152.97                        |
| 10                | Chennai 1     | 28                                                                                                                    | 93                                                                                                                    | 68                                                                                                                    | 70                                                                                                                    | 232.75                        | 136.23                        | 56.12                         | 36.66                         |
| 11                | Chennai 2     | 80                                                                                                                    | 112                                                                                                                   | 104                                                                                                                   | 78                                                                                                                    | 260.97                        | 319.98                        | 240.92                        | 113.21                        |
| 12                | Chennai 3     | 33                                                                                                                    | 62                                                                                                                    | 74                                                                                                                    | 103                                                                                                                   | 22.91                         | 46.44                         | 61.87                         | 103.64                        |
| 13                | Coimbatore    | 62                                                                                                                    | 227                                                                                                                   | 280                                                                                                                   | 145                                                                                                                   | 7.52                          | 129.16                        | 132.28                        | 97.35                         |
| 14                | Cuttack       | 57                                                                                                                    | 83                                                                                                                    | 75                                                                                                                    | 116                                                                                                                   | 11.57                         | 52.14                         | 62.96                         | 430.46                        |
| 15                | Dehradun      | 109                                                                                                                   | 58                                                                                                                    | 99                                                                                                                    | 218                                                                                                                   | 102.98                        | 72.06                         | 194.75                        | 232.45                        |
| 16                | Delhi 1       | 64                                                                                                                    | 18                                                                                                                    | 281                                                                                                                   | 108                                                                                                                   | 431.93                        | 50.08                         | 617.49                        | 638.12                        |
| 17                | Delhi 2       | 116                                                                                                                   | 55                                                                                                                    | 133                                                                                                                   | 190                                                                                                                   | 348.83                        | 261.60                        | 52                            | 235.97                        |
| 18                | Delhi 3       | 48                                                                                                                    | 59                                                                                                                    | 43                                                                                                                    | 119                                                                                                                   | 163.97                        | 36.74                         | 325.52                        | 164.46                        |
| 19                | Ernakulam 1   | 101                                                                                                                   | 75                                                                                                                    | 101                                                                                                                   | 278                                                                                                                   | 68.67                         | 47.89                         | 38.39                         | 74.71                         |
| 20                | Ernakulam 2   | 173                                                                                                                   | 78                                                                                                                    | 97                                                                                                                    | 9                                                                                                                     | 247.3                         | 29.49                         | 44.72                         | 2.34                          |
| 21                | Guwahati      | 215                                                                                                                   | 72                                                                                                                    | 138                                                                                                                   | 167                                                                                                                   | 184.29                        | 333.57                        | 117.89                        | 171.25                        |
| 22                | Hyderabad 1   | 177                                                                                                                   | 129                                                                                                                   | 181                                                                                                                   | 410                                                                                                                   | 162.12                        | 171.95                        | 180.87                        | 337.06                        |
| 23                | Hyderabad 2   | 201                                                                                                                   | 139                                                                                                                   | 143                                                                                                                   | 335                                                                                                                   | 193.57                        | 202.06                        | 236.88                        | 521.7                         |
| 24                | Jabalpur      | 90                                                                                                                    | 56                                                                                                                    | 159                                                                                                                   | 335                                                                                                                   | 110.55                        | 20.24                         | 196.93                        | 414.42                        |
| 25                | Jaipur        | 234                                                                                                                   | 342                                                                                                                   | 555                                                                                                                   | 256                                                                                                                   | 109.25                        | 123.98                        | 234.4                         | 158.55                        |
| 26                | Kolkata 1     | 34                                                                                                                    | 6                                                                                                                     | 21                                                                                                                    | 17                                                                                                                    | 69.79                         | 2.93                          | 22.34                         | 8.25                          |
| 27                | Kolkata 2     | 81                                                                                                                    | 9                                                                                                                     | 27                                                                                                                    | 75                                                                                                                    | 49.13                         | 11.76                         | 9.34                          | 32.97                         |
| 28                | Kolkata 3     | 33                                                                                                                    | 72                                                                                                                    | 135                                                                                                                   | 69                                                                                                                    | 21.75                         | 29.54                         | 84.38                         | 97.57                         |
| 29                | Lucknow       | 101                                                                                                                   | 70                                                                                                                    | 10                                                                                                                    | 108                                                                                                                   | 59.62                         | 50.13                         | 11                            | 146.88                        |
| 30                | Madurai       | 23                                                                                                                    | 256                                                                                                                   | 149                                                                                                                   | 256                                                                                                                   | 14.65                         | 103.34                        | 50                            | 138.72                        |
| 31                | Mumbai 1      | 841                                                                                                                   | 23                                                                                                                    | 30                                                                                                                    | 88                                                                                                                    | 298.92                        | 23.38                         | 170.33                        | 306.57                        |
| 32                | Mumbai 2      | 613                                                                                                                   | 11                                                                                                                    | 241                                                                                                                   | 40                                                                                                                    | 168.53                        | 33.58                         | 103.99                        | 64.83                         |
| 33                | Mumbai 3      | 22                                                                                                                    | 28                                                                                                                    | 54                                                                                                                    | 187                                                                                                                   | 9.55                          | 11.66                         | 13.02                         | 68.31                         |
| 34                | Nagpur        | 78                                                                                                                    | 62                                                                                                                    | 56                                                                                                                    | 92                                                                                                                    | 42.7                          | 24.16                         | 31.79                         | 135.55                        |
| 35                | Patna         | 96                                                                                                                    | 234                                                                                                                   | 171                                                                                                                   | 180                                                                                                                   | 39.93                         | 95.92                         | 90.34                         | 117.33                        |
| 36                | Pune          | 102                                                                                                                   | 9                                                                                                                     | 82                                                                                                                    | 128                                                                                                                   | 35.21                         | 9.95                          | 44.73                         | 42.04                         |
| 37                | Ranchi        | 208                                                                                                                   | 289                                                                                                                   | 634                                                                                                                   | 325                                                                                                                   | 118.13                        | 121.50                        | 414.59                        | 152.86                        |
| 38                | Siliguri      | 26                                                                                                                    | 17                                                                                                                    | 51                                                                                                                    | 25                                                                                                                    | 11.7                          | 4.20                          | 7.51                          | 10.6                          |
| 39                | Vishakapatnam | 120                                                                                                                   | 114                                                                                                                   | 269                                                                                                                   | 305                                                                                                                   | 52.62                         | 75.66                         | 101.24                        | 186.61                        |
|                   | Total         | 5772                                                                                                                  | 4331                                                                                                                  | 6548                                                                                                                  | 6325                                                                                                                  | 6895.35                       | 4464.24                       | 12304.7                       | 6231.35                       |

## Annexure referred  to in reply to  Lok Sabha UNSTARRED Question No.  4161 for  27.03.2023

| S.No.   | Name of DRT       | Number of cases (original applications) pending in each DRT as on 28.02.2023   |   Number of cases (original applications) pending in each DRT as on 28.02.2023 |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | DRT 1 Ahmedabad   |                                                                                |                                                                           3246 |
| 2       | DRT 2 Ahmedabad   |                                                                                |                                                                           5765 |
| 3       | DRT Allahabad     |                                                                                |                                                                           3222 |
| 4       | DRT Aurangabad    |                                                                                |                                                                           3500 |
| 5       | DRT 1 Bangalore   |                                                                                |                                                                           4772 |
| 6       | DRT 2 Bangalore   |                                                                                |                                                                           7344 |
| 7       | DRT 1 Chandigarh  |                                                                                |                                                                           6876 |
| 8       | DRT 2 Chandigarh  |                                                                                |                                                                          10621 |
| 9       | DRT 3 Chandigarh  |                                                                                |                                                                           7811 |
| 10      | DRT 1 Chennai     |                                                                                |                                                                            661 |
| 11      | DRT 2 Chennai     |                                                                                |                                                                           2831 |
| 12      | DRT 3 Chennai     |                                                                                |                                                                           1049 |
| 13      | DRT Coimbatore    |                                                                                |                                                                           6536 |
| 14      | DRT Cuttack       |                                                                                |                                                                           4475 |
| 15      | DRT Dehradun      |                                                                                |                                                                            701 |
| 16      | DRT 1 Delhi       |                                                                                |                                                                           7990 |
| 17      | DRT 2 Delhi       |                                                                                |                                                                           4521 |
| 18      | DRT 3 Delhi       |                                                                                |                                                                           1245 |
| 19      | DRT 1 Ernakulam   |                                                                                |                                                                           2916 |
| 20      | DRT 2 Ernakulam   |                                                                                |                                                                           3532 |
| 21      | DRT Guwahati      |                                                                                |                                                                           1021 |
| 22      | DRT Hyderabad     |                                                                                |                                                                            737 |
| 23      | DRT Hyderabad     |                                                                                |                                                                           2492 |
| 24      | DRT Jabalpur      |                                                                                |                                                                           6169 |
| 25      | DRT Jaipur        |                                                                                |                                                                           2175 |
| 26      | DRT 1 Kolkata     |                                                                                |                                                                           7224 |
| 27      | DRT 2 Kolkata     |                                                                                |                                                                           2911 |
| 28      | DRT 3 Kolkata     |                                                                                |                                                                           7607 |
| 29      | DRT Lucknow       |                                                                                |                                                                           3517 |
| 30      | DRT Madurai       |                                                                                |                                                                           5781 |
| 31      | DRT 1 Mumbai      |                                                                                |                                                                           2764 |
| 32      | DRT 2 Mumbai      |                                                                                |                                                                           4111 |
| 33      | DRT 3 Mumbai      |                                                                                |                                                                           5638 |
| 34      | DRT Nagpur        |                                                                                |                                                                           2732 |
| 35      | DRT Patna         |                                                                                |                                                                           1273 |
| 36      | DRT Pune          |                                                                                |                                                                           5067 |
| 37      | DRT Ranchi        |                                                                                |                                                                           1656 |
| 38      | DRT Siliguri      |                                                                                |                                                                            811 |
| 39      | DRT Vishakapatnam |                                                                                |                                                                           4373 |
|         | Total             |                                                                                |                                                                         157673 |