IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13495 of 2005 Vijay Kant Jha, son of Late Jagdish Jha, resident of village: Mahendru, P.S. Pirbahore, District-Patna, State-Bihar. ….. Petitioner. Versus 1. The Chairman, the Bihar State Text Book Publishing Corporation Ltd., Budh Marg, Patna-1. 2. The Managing Director, the Bihar State Text Book Publishing Corporation Ltd., Budh Marg, Patna-1. ….. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : M/s. Deoeshwar Pd. Singh & Raman Kumar Singh, Advocates. For the respondents : None. -------- 03 30.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. No one appears for the respondents. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following reliefs: (i) For issuance of direction or order or writ in the nature of mandamus to respondents to make payment to the petitioner’s press namely Amit Enterprises, Sahebganj, Patna-6 which has published books and supplied it to respondents within time schedule against different supply/work orders delivered by respondents, amounting to Rs.4,14,553.50 (Rupees four lakhs fourteen thousands five hundreds fifty three and fifty paise only) with a penal rate interest at 18% as respondents are deliberately delaying the payment. (ii) For issuance of writ/directions to respondents for a grant of any other relief or reliefs for which the petitioner is deemed entitled to. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition with a liberty to file an application before the Managing Director, Bihar State Text Book Publishing Corporation Ltd. for payment of the aforesaid contractual amount. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of as - 2 - withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. If such an application is filed by the petitioner within three weeks from today, the said authority shall consider the same in accordance with law and shall decide by a speaking order within four months thereafter. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)