Santosh Kumar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5552 of 2017 =========================================================== Santosh Kumar Pandey, son of Sri Nitya Nand Pandey, resident of Mohalla- Babu Tola, Banka- Amarpur Road, near Banka Block, Police Station and District- Banka. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. The Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

3. The Engineer-in-Chief, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

4. The Chief Engineer.

5. The Superintending Engineer, East Bihar Circle, Bhagalpur.

6. Executive Engineer, Road Construction Department, Road Division, Dhoraiya, Banka.

7. Assistant Engineer, Road Construction Department, Road Division, Dhoraiya, Banka.

8. Junior Engineer, Road Construction Department, Road Division, Dhoraiya, Banka.

.... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajib Ranjan Jha For the Respondent/s : Mr. Shashi Shekhar Kr. Prasad, AC to PAAG-2 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 17-05-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the Sate.

In this case, the petitioner has made a prayer for making payment of admitted dues of Rs. 8,65,217/- as has been claimed that the petitioner was selected as a Contractor for the work with respect to construction of Double Barrel Hume Pipe Culvert at 9th K.M. Panjwara-Dhoraiya Road for the year 2015. The total work value was Rs. 15,48,065/- and as advance Rs. 6,82,848/- has been paid to the petitioner.

Patna High Court CWJC No.5552 of 2017 dt.17-05-2017 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that has completed the work but, the payment has not been made to him till date.

Let the petitioner should file a representation to the Engineer-in-Chief, Road Construction Department, Government of Bihar, Patna who will examine the matter and if it is found that the construction of Culvert etc. has been made by the petitioner according to the specification, he will be obliged to release the amount to which the petitioner is entitled within a period of three months from the date of filing of the representation along with a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is disposed of.

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