[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This one-page English archival communication combines a telegram-style message signed “PARIKH” with a personal note signed “Russi” to Minoo Masani. The telegram reports that the Orissa Mining Corporation has not honoured bills totalling 13.16 lakhs for shovel and spare parts, and that the Orissa Government, which guaranteed payment, has also failed to pay. It records a demand for payment within seven days and asks that the matter be taken up with people who vouched for the solvency of the Orissa Government.

The attached note asks Minoo, or Dandekar, to assist the company’s representatives. Russi attributes the reliance on the government guarantee to the fact that it was a Swatantra-backed ministry, but complains that it is now behaving like any other Congress ministry. The page contains no printed date, title, place, or publication information.

Key points

• The Orissa Mining Corporation is reported to have unpaid bills for shovel and spare parts amounting to 13.16 lakhs.
• The Orissa Government had guaranteed payment but had not honoured the guarantee at the time of writing.
• The sender demanded payment within seven days and threatened to hold the responsible parties accountable for the consequences.
• The telegram asks intermediaries who vouched for the government’s solvency to take up the matter.
• The accompanying note requests assistance from Minoo Masani or Dandekar.
• The note contrasts a Swatantra-backed ministry with what the sender describes as the conduct of a Congress ministry.