IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11282 of 2005 Purushottam Pharmaceuticals, authorized stockiest of M/s Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Jaipur ( a Government of India Enterprises), having its Office at Rastogi House, Goria Math, Patna-1 through its proprietor Naresh Kumar Rastogi, son of late Prusuttam Lal Rastogi, resident of Rastogi House, Goria Math, P.S. Jakkanpur, Town & District Patna …. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Health, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna 3. Civil Surgeon cum Chief Medical Officer, Bettiah … Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. L. N. Das, Advocate For the Respondents : None --------- 03/ 28.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. No one appears for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents to pay the admitted contractual dues with respect to supply of medicines made by him along with interest. 3. Considering the averments made by learned counsel for the petitioner and the materials on record, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Bettiah (respondent no. 3) by way of filing an application giving details of the dues and interest along with a copy of this order. If such an application is filed by the petitioner within fifteen days from today, the said authority shall consider the same in accordance with law and shall decide it by a speaking order expeditiously preferably within four months thereafter and if any amount or interest is found admitted and 2 payable, the same should be paid to the petitioner immediately thereafter. However, if any amount or interest is not found to be admitted and payable in the said order, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the same before an appropriate forum. MPS/ ( S. N. Hussain, J. )