Facts checked on 27 October 2026. Published by MDG Services on 26 October 2026.
For a petrol pump that gives fuel on credit to regular business customers. This is the page the customer signs; your credit policy is the one you keep.
The form
Customer credit form
- Parties. Pump: [name, address, phone]. Customer: [name, address], GSTIN or PAN [if any].
- Responsible person. [Name], phone [number], who answers for the account.
- Trucks that may fill on credit. [Truck numbers]. Changes are sent in writing by the responsible person.
- Credit limit. The customer may owe at most Rs [amount] at any one time.
- Credit days. Each bill is paid within [days] days of the bill date.
- Bills. We send a numbered bill every [period] on WhatsApp. The customer tells us within [7] days if a line looks wrong.
- Past the limit. Fuel goes in past the limit only with the owner's or a named manager's OK, or for cash.
- Late payment. If a bill is [days] days past due, new credit pauses until the dues are paid. Cash fills continue.
- Interest. [None / rate] on overdue amounts, from [day].
- Corrections. A wrong line is corrected by a new line with the reason, never rubbed out.
Customer: [name] · sign · date. Pump: [name] · sign · date.
Why each line is there
- Names the two sides, so there is no doubt who owes.
- Gives you one person to call.
- Says which trucks may fill on credit, so the nozzle man knows whom to serve.
- One figure that the nozzle man and the customer can both check.
- Says when a bill is late.
- Tells the customer how bills come, and gives a short window to object.
- Says before the day who may say yes at the nozzle.
- Makes the stop a rule, not an insult.
- Interest stands on firmest ground when it is written here and agreed.
- Keeps the history honest on both sides.
Before you use it
- Take the limit and days from your credit limit and policy, and agree them with the customer first.
- Sign two copies, one each.
- Whether this form makes a binding contract is for an advocate to say.
Where Khata Kavach fits
In Khata Kavach you set each transporter's limit in rupees and record when you collect. The transporter reads the terms and agrees on his phone before sending a request. If you want a signature on paper, keep the signed form too.
General information, not legal advice. For your own case, speak to an advocate or a chartered accountant.
Questions people ask
01Udhari agreement kaise banaye?
Write one page with the customer's details, which trucks may fill, the limit, the credit days, what happens when payment is late, and both signatures. Copy the form above. For a binding contract, have an advocate check it.
02Does this form need stamp paper?
We give no rule on stamp paper. Whether it is needed is for an advocate to say, for your state and your form.
03Should old customers sign it too?
Yes, every credit customer, when you set the limit. Ask for a fresh signature when you change the limit or the credit days.
04Can I add interest on late payment?
It stands on firmer ground when the customer agreed to it in writing before the sale. Where nothing is agreed, a court decides Interest Act 1978, s.3. See interest on udhar.
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About Khata Kavach (advertisement)
Khata Kavach is a shared credit book for petrol pumps, from MDG Services. The transporter asks before each truck fills, your nozzle man sees the limit before he fills, and both of you see every fill, payment and bill. It never lends or holds money.