IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14186 of 2009 Date of Decision: 11.09.2009 M/s Shree Bala Ji Construction Co. Petitioner Versus Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr.P.S.Rana, Advocate for the petitioner ….. Jasbir Singh, J.(Oral) This writ petition has been filed with a prayer that directions be issued to the respondents to release the admitted payment, due to the petitioner, on account of work executed by it, against work order dated 8.6.2007 (P1). It is case of the petitioner that the work allotted to it was completed within the stipulated time. Subsequent thereto, additional work was allotted to the petitioner and to complete the same, time period was also extended. The additional work is still going on and the period has not yet expired. To say so, reference has been made to a document Annexure P2. Counsel further submits that admitted payment is not being made on the ground that agreement amount has not yet been enhanced, despite a fact that the enhanced work was allotted to the petitioner, way back. In view of facts mentioned above, this writ petition is disposed of by issuing directions to respondent No.2 to look into grievance of the petitioner and if there is no legal hitch, release the admitted payment to the petitioner, within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this Civil Writ Petition No.14186 of 2009 order, failing which, the petitioner shall be entitled to get interest @ 8% per annum from the date the amount had become due to it till its realisation. To the contrary, if the officer concerned wishes to reject claim of the petitioner, on valid grounds, a speaking order be passed and a copy thereof be supplied to the petitioner. 11.09.2009 (Jasbir Singh) gk Judge 2