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High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPC/1377/2017disposed off

M/S Durga Light And Sound Service v. Chief Election Officer Chhattisgarh State Election Commission

2017-05-15Hon'Ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava1 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1377 of 2017 M/s Durga Light And Sound Service 24- Prakash Bhawan, Kankalipara, Raipur Through Proprietor Rajendra Kumar Chaudhary S/o Late Babulal Chaudhary, Aged About 58 Years, Santoshi Chowk Kushalpur Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. Chief Election Officer Chhattisgarh State Election Commission Near D.K.S. Bhawan, Old Mantralaya Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Collector, Cum District Election Officer Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Deputy District Election Officer Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Sushobhit Singh, Advocate For State :

Mr. R.K. Gupta, Dy. A.G.

S.B.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 15/05/2017 Heard.

1.

Grievance of the petitioner, as ventilated through this petition is that though the petitioner was engaged by District Election Officer to provide Light and Sound Service, the bills of the petitioner have not been cleared. 2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that till date, no dispute has been raised nor any claim has been rejected by the respondent authorities. He submits that the petitioner has made representation on 08/03/2017 for payment but no payment has been made nor the claim has been rejected. 3.

It is a matter of dispute between individual and the State Election Commission. Therefore, the State authorities are required to act fairly. Whatever is the undisputed amount, is required to be paid at the earliest. Let respondent No.2 get the entire claim of the petitioner examined and decision be taken in the case of the petitioner within a period of 10 weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

4.

The amount which is found to be payable according to the scrutiny of respondent no.2 shall be paid to the petitioner forthwith, not later than four weeks. However, if any claim of the petitioner is rejected, he shall be informed by a speaking order within that period of four weeks and thereafter, it will be open for the petitioner to take recourse to remedy as may be available to him under the law. 5.

With the aforesaid observations / directions, this petition is finally disposed off. Sd/- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Rekha