APlus Computers to pay up within a year

Mumbai-based APlus Computers, which was in the news recently for not paying
dues to its partners in the region, has now committed to pay the same within a
year. Mehul Gandhi, owner of APlus recently held a closed door meeting with the
Traders Association of Information Technology (TAIT), and promised to start
paying dues starting next month.

The company owes close to Rs 25 lakh to as many as 17 channel partners, as
per the last count of TAIT. Mehul Gandhi is currently operating his business
from Dubai.

“We held a meeting with Gandhi this week, after some of the members
complained that he was not making their payments for the last nine months,” said
Pravin Dhoka, spokesperson of TAIT. It is said that Gandhi's decision to shift
his business to UAE backfired, especially in view of the global slowdown, as a
result of which he made losses. But, now his business is said to be in stable
condition.

Read the complete report in The DQ Week dated March 30-April 2, 2009.