M/S C Gopal Reddy And Co vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh
2022 Latest Caselaw 969 AP

            HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO

                          W.P.No.4136 of 2022

ORDER:

The petitioner was awarded the contract of reconstruction of PR

Roads/2018-19 by the 5th respondent under agreement No.168/2018-19

dated 13.11.2018. After execution of the said contract, a final bill for a

sum of Rs.74,94,653/- had been prepared and submitted to the concerned

authorities. As the payment of the said amount has not been made by the

respondents, the petitioner has approached this Court by way of this writ

petition.

It is the contention of the petitioner that even though the

respondents admitted that the petitioner is entitled for payment of the

aforesaid sums of money, no payment is being made. The petitioner

contends that such non-payment of money is clearly arbitrary and high-

handed requiring the interference of this Court.

This Court, in various orders, including the judgment of a learned

Single Judge of this Court dated 05.10.2021 in W.P.No.10038 of 2021 and

batch had taken the view that such non-payment of dues is arbitrary and

that such dues need to be cleared by the respondents at the earliest.

In view of the aforesaid directions of this Court in various cases

and after hearing the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner

and learned Government pleader for Panchayat Raj this writ petition is

disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the amount of

Rs. 74,94,653/- to the petitioner at the earliest, and at any rate, within a

period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It

would also be open to the petitioner to agitate his claim for interest, if any 2 RRR,J W.P.No.4136 of 2022

payable by the respondents, in an appropriate forum. There shall be no

order as to costs.

As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand

closed.

_________________________ R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO, J.

22nd February, 2022 Js.

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                                      W.P.No.4136 of 2022

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO

W.P.No.4136 of 2022

22nd February, 2022 Js.