P.Janardhan vs. The State Of Andhra Pradesh
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Purpose:
Disposed
Before:
Hon'ble R Raghunandan Rao
Listed On:
14 Mar 2022
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HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO W.P.No.5052 of 2022
ORDER:
The petitioner had been awarded the contracts of a)AR Road to PN Road via DK Palem in Narayanavanam Mandal, Chittoor District, b) Upgradating the road from Keelapattu krishnapuram road to Tamil Nadu border via KG kuppam h/w of nagari Mandal, Chittoor District, under an agreements dated 28.06.2018 & 08.08.2019. After execution of the said contracts, are final bills for a sum of Rs.86,00,150/-(CMFS No.2021- 2184162) and Rs.77,50,002/-(CMFS No.2021-2152041). 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.
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 highhanded 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, 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.86,00,150/-(CMFS No.2021-2184162) and Rs.77,50,002/- (CMFS No.2021-2152041) 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.
As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed.
_________________________ R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO, J.
14th March, 2022 BSM
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO
W.P.No.5052 of 2022
14th March, 2022
BSM.