IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.19344 of 2010 SHUSHIL KUMAR, SON OF LATE RAJ BALAM SHARMA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE GOPALPUR, P.S. NAUBATPUR, DISTRICT PATNA.………………………...PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH SECRETARY, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 2. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT, PATNA WEST BUILDING DIVISION, DANAPUR, PATNA. ……RESPONDENTS. For the petitioner : Mr. Sanjay Kumar @ Manu, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Dhananjay Kumar, AC toGP-12 ----------- 03/ 30.11.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State of Bihar and its authority. This writ petition has been filed for a direction to the respondent authority to make payment of bills to the petitioner for the work done by the petitioner with up-to-date interest. It transpires that applications have also been filed by the petitioner for the said purpose on 12.04.2010 and 09.07.2010 (Annexure-3 series), which are pending before the Executive Engineer, Building Construction and Housing Department, Patna West Building Division, Danapur, Patna (respondent no.2). In the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the said authority to decide the said applications filed by the petitioner in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of two months. It may be noted that if there are admitted dues, the same should be paid to the petitioner by the authority concerned within one month from the date of passing of the aforesaid order. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)