NEW DELHI: The government has warned all telecom licence holders against any delays in the payment of dues related to adjusted gross revenue AGR ) and has asked them to seek clarifications by December 13 on any doubts that may not have been covered in the recent Supreme Court judgment.The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) asked all telecom licence holders, including non-telecom companies, to speed up the process of self-assessment of AGR-based dues and their payments in a letter written last week. Some 15 telcos need to pay over Rs 1.47 lakh crore, which could rise further, the government has said. Industry estimates peg the money owed by nontelecom companies, which hold nearly 3,500 licences, at around Rs 2.28 lakh crore.The top court had given companies three months to make the payments in its October 24 order.“Any issues should be pointed out in the comprehensive representation to be submitted, but in no case the self-assessment and payment of dues are to be delayed,” said the December 5 DoT letter, which ET has seen.“The comprehensive representation shall be submitted within a week (latest by December 13),” the letter said.The Supreme Court decided in favour of the government’s contention that all revenue, including that from non-core sources, would be counted in calculating AGR. Licence holders have to pay about 8% of AGR to the DoT as fees. Telcos also pay about 3-4% of AGR as spectrum usage charges (SUC).Soon after the ruling, the DoT had asked all telecom licence holders to self-assess and submit their dues to the government within the stipulated three months.The government recently made it clear that the AGR order will be applicable to all telecom licensees, which includes companies such as GAIL, RailTel, Power Grid and others. These companies, which may have minor telecom businesses, may have to pay dues based on their entire revenue with retrospective effect. Non-telcos, including internet service providers (ISPs), have urged the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to resolve this issue.“In this regard, it is pointed out that over a course of time, multiple representations related to LF (licence fee) assessments were received from various licensees for consideration by the department,” the DoT said in the letter. “After the judgment, most of these have been settled and for any remaining issues, a comprehensive representation needs to be submitted to the department.”Further, the DoT has sought comprehensive year-wise and circlewise representations, but not on issues decided by the court order.Last month, Bharti Airtel, facing dues of over Rs 35,500 crore, Vodafone Idea (over Rs 53,000 crore) and Tata Teleservices (nearly Rs 14,000 crore) filed for a limited review of the judgment. While Airtel has sought a review of the interest, penalty and interest on penalty, Vodafone Idea’s petition has further urged the Supreme Court to have a “relook at the amounts attributed to notional revenue”. Later, Bharti Airtel appealed to the Supreme Court to allow the telco and the government to agree on the quantum of AGRbased dues that need to be paid and the timeline for payments.To prepare for the payments, Bharti Airtel’s board approved a proposal for the company to raise up to $4 billion, out of which it plans to raise $3 billion initially through a combination of equity and debt.