IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9797 of 2009 Date of Decision: 07.07.2009 The Parowal Cooperative Labour & Construction Society Limited Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr.Hemant Saini, Advocate for the petitioner ….. Jasbir Singh, J.(Oral) Notice of motion. At the asking of the Court, Mr.A.K.Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice. In view of order, which this Court is going to pass, it is not necessary to get counter affidavit of the official respondents. This writ petition has been filed with a prayer that directions be issued to the respondents to release an amount of Rs.56,430/- along with interest, for the work executed by the petitioner. The petitioner is a Cooperative Labour and Construction Society. Work order was placed with it on 8.5.2006, for remodeling of F.S.B. to feed Harindra Feeder and Ramdas Distributory between R.D.0- 14500 (Slice 0-2000) and (Slice RD 0-2000 to 4000). Copies of the work orders have been placed on record as Annexures P1 and P2. It is contention of counsel for the petitioner that work was successfully completed and entries were made in that regard, in the Civil Writ Petition No.9797 of 2009 measurement book by the officers concerned. Despite that due/ admitted payment is not being released in favour of the petitioner. In view of facts mentioned above, this writ petition is disposed of by issuing directions to respondent No.3 to release amount due to the petitioner within a period one month, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to get interest @ 8% per annum from the date when the amount had become due. It is made clear that in case the petitioner is not entitled to claim amount in dispute, respondent No.3 shall pass a speaking order and convey it to the petitioner forthwith. Copy of the order be supplied to the State counsel under signatures of the Court Reader for necessary compliance. 07.07.2009 (Jasbir Singh) gk Judge 2