IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1278 of 2007 LAXMI SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 02. 29.01.2010 Vide Agreement No. 216 F-2 of 2005-06 work was assigned to the petitioner of various kinds and it is stated that some has been completed but when it came down to the payment of bills the same has not been done because of lack of fund. Submission has been made that the Executive Engineer has even written letter to the Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department, Government of Bihar for release of fund but nothing has been done in the matter despite so many years. No counter affidavit has been filed despite the writ having been filed in January, 2007. The stand of the State is not known but if what has been stated by the petitioner is correct, then respondent No.4 has an obligation to examine the claim and bill of the petitioner which has been raised in terms of annexure-1 and settle the same if there is no dispute of any legal kind within a period of three months from the date of communication / production of a copy of this order. The writ application stands disposed of with the above direction. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J )