New Delhi, July 30 - The Supreme Court Thursday said it will fix on Sep 1 the date of final hearing on the dispute over the supply of natural gas between Anil Ambani-led Reliance Natural Resources and his elder brother's Reliance Industries.

A bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan communicated this when the counsel for Reliance Natural Resources moved a petition seeking early settlement of the dispute. The court said it will hear Sep 1 all the petitions, including one from the government as an intervener on the matter.

Last month, the Bombay High Court had asked Reliance Industries to supply 28 million units of gas from Krishna-Godavari basin to Reliance Natural Resources for 17 years at $2.34 per unit, after assigning 12 million units to the state-run power utility NTPC.