IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10493 of 2010 Agastya Engineers Pvt.Limited through the Director Manish Singh, son of Late Ajit Kumar Singh, resident of L-40, Road No. 20, Srikrishna Nagar, Patna, Police Station- Budha Colony, District- Patna ………………… Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Chief Engineer-3, Rural Works Department, Hajipur, Headquarter at Vishweswaraiya Bhawan, Bihar, Patna 3. The Superintending Engineer, Rural Works Department, Work Circle-2, Darbhanga 4. The Executive Engineer, Rural Works Department, Works Division-2, Benipur, Darbhanga 5. Sri Bindhwasini Kumar, Assistant Engineer, Rural Works Department, Works Division-2, Benipur, Darbhanga 6. Sri Shyam Nandan Singh, Junior Engineer, Rural Works Department, Works Division-2, Benipur, Darbhanga 7. Md. Nadeem, Junior Engineer, Rural Works Department, Works Division-2, Benipur, Darbhanga….. Respondents ----------- For the petitioner: M/s. Bindhyachal Singh & Satya Prakash, Advocates For the State : Mr. Satyadeo Kumar, SC 12. ----------- 2. 12.7.2010 The grievance of the petitioner is that in terms of the contract entered into between the petitioner and the State Government in the Rural Works Department, the petitioner executed certain work for which part payments have also been made and part of the works done was washed away by the floods and thereafter although the petitioner submitted his final bill but the Assistant Engineer and other authorities of the State Government are disputing the extent of damage caused by floods to the 2 constructed embankment and thereafter neither any measurement is being taken nor the bill of the petitioner is being cleared. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to approach the respondent-authorities with a detailed representation along with a copy of this order making his claim within two weeks from today and the competent authority shall consider and dispose of the representation within a period of two months from the filing of the same. The petitioner, if aggrieved by the decision of the competent authority, may take appropriate steps in accordance with law. S. Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)