Ravula Malleswara Rao vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh
2022 Latest Caselaw 4427 AP

     THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA

                   WRIT PETITION No.15951 of 2022

ORDER:

The petitioner had been awarded the contract for providing

Pucca internal roads including side drains and culverts within a

Village under Convergence Funds at Tellabadu Gram Panchayat

of Nuzendla Mandal under National Rurban Mission (NRUM)

grant. After execution of the said contract, final bills were

prepared for sums of Rs.1,67,481/- and Rs.1,25,736/-. As the

payment of the said amounts has not been made by the

respondents, the petitioner has approached this Court by way of

this writ petition.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. In view of the aforesaid directions of this Court in various

cases and after hearing the submissions of the learned counsel

for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj

and learned counsel appearing for the respondents, this Writ

Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to

release the amounts of Rs.1,67,481/- and Rs.1,25,736/- 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 payable by the respondents, in an appropriate forum. There

shall be no order as to costs.

Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in

this Writ Petition shall stand closed.

_______________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J

Date: 22.07.2022 TSNR