THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NOs.3823, 3825, 3853, 3883, 3884, 4114 AND 4269 OF 2011 DATED 1ST MARCH, 2011 Between: M/s.B.Anantha Ramulu and Company, … Petitioner a n d Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Finance (Projects) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, And others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NOs.3823, 3825, 3853, 3883, 3884, 4114 AND 4269 OF 2011 C O M M O N O R D E R The cause for grievance for the petitioners in all these cases is that in spite of their having satisfactorily completed the works entrusted to them by the State, the amounts due therefor are not being released. The petitioners rely upon the certificate of ‘completion of work’ issued to them in proof of their having satisfactorily completed the works awarded to them under various agreements. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation, while conceding that there is no dispute as to the completion of the works by the petitioners, contended that writ petitions would not lie for the relief sought, which are in the nature of money decrees. This Court is however not inclined to accept the said submission. It is not open to the State, having extracted work from the petitioners under duly constituted agreements, to deny the payments rightfully due to them and then seek to drive them to a long and cumbersome civil process for recovering such amounts. The State cannot resort to such dilatory tactics like a common litigant. Doing so would not be in keeping with the tenets of fair play expected of the State. It is therefore not necessary for the petitioners to approach the civil Court for recovery of the amounts due to them, which are not even in dispute. The writ petitions are accordingly disposed of directing the third and fourth respondents in the writ petitions to release the outstanding amounts due and payable to the petitioners in respect of the subject works on or before 31.03.2011. No costs. -------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 28TH FEBRUARY, 2011 PGS/VGSR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NOs.3823, 3825, 3853, 3883, 3884, 4114 AND 4269 OF 2011 DATED 1ST MARCH, 2011