Madhusudan Paul v. State Of West Bengal And ANR.

04.01.2022 Court No. 19 Item no.12 CP WPA 16338 of 2021 Madhusudan Paul Vs.

The State of West Bengal & anr.

Mr. Satya Ranjan Kundu ......for the petitioner.

Mrs. Chama Kookherjee, Sr. Advocate Ms. Paramita Pal ....for the State respondents.

The petitioner is a successful tenderer. The tender notice was floated by the Executive Officer, Kashipur Panchayat Samiti for construction of Ranjandih Jore Check Dam at Bhimarbandha under Rangamati - Ranjandih gram panchayat within Kashipur Panchayat Samiti (SL. NO. 01), District Purulia. The said tender was floated under NIT No. WBPUR/EO/KASHIPUR/NIT(e)-09/2018-2019, Sl.

No. 01 dated January 30, 2019. The petitioner had quoted the minimum price. Being the L-1 bidder the petitioner was issued the work order on February 21, 2019. The petitioner claims to have completed the work within May 19, 2019. It is alleged that payment has not yet been received by the petitioner. It is further alleged that several representations have been made by the petitioner to the Executive Officer, Kashipur Panchayat Samiti but the said authority

has not taken any steps to liquidate the dues of the petitioner.

The writ petition is disposed of with a direction upon the Executive Officer, Kashipur Panchayat Samiti to dispose of the representations of the petitioner dated May 17,2021 and August 9, 2021 in accordance with law.

While disposing of the said representations, the petitioner shall be given a hearing and shall be allowed to produce the documents in support of his contentions. Thereafter, a reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the petitioner.

If the authorities are of the opinion that the payment cannot be made or that only partial payment can be made, the reasons for the same shall be intimated to the petitioner in the order itself. The entire exercise shall be completed within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order.

This court has not gone into the merits of the claims and counter-claims of the parties. The entire issue shall be decided by the concerned authority independently and on the basis of the records. The writ petition is, thus, disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

Parties are to act on the server copy of this order.

(Shampa Sarkar, J.)