In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh CWP No. 4696 of 2008 Date of decision: 24.3.2008 M/sV.K.Builders and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Premjit Kalia, Advocate for the petitioners. **** JUDGMENT SURYA KANT, J. The petitioners seek a direction to the respondents to release their payment along with interest @ 11% per annum. As per the averments made in the petition, petitioner No.1 as well as husband of petitioner No.2 (since deceased) are/were approved Government contractors. They were allocated the work vide Order No. 10/32 dated 4.5.2005 and Order No. 53 dated 29.4.2005 respectively. It is averred that both the works were executed to the entire satisfaction of the authorities. However, the payments, for which the petitioners are entitled, have been withheld for no valid reason. As regard to the petitioners' entitlement, the Executive Engineer, Drainage Division, Gurdaspur in his reply to the legal CWP No. 4696 of 2008 -2- notice, a copy of which has been placed on record as Annexure P-2, has duly acknowledged the same. In these circumstances, we deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to release the due payments to the petitioners as early as possible but not later than two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms. (SURYA KANT) JUDGE (SABINA) March 24, 2008 JUDGE anita