IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6001 of 2009 M/S MANIKANT SINGH represented by Manikant Singh S/O. Late Bindeshwari Prasad Singh, resident of Gandhi Nagar, Purnea, presently at behind Circuit House, Purnea. P.S. K. Hat, District Purnea. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Water Resources Department, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Purnea. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Canal Circle, Purnea. 4. The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division No. 1, Now Irrigation Division, Bathnaha, Purnea. ----------- 5 29/01/2010 The claim of the petitioner was that he was not paid remaining dues of Rs.1,63,937/- for the completed work by the respondents on one pretext or the other, one of them being non-availability of funds. Counter affidavit has now been filed where a categorical statement has been made in paragraphs 5 and 10 that this amount stands paid to the petitioner vide Cheque dated 16.01.2010. In view of the statement made by the respondents on oath, this writ application has become infructuous. It is dismissed accordingly. AMIN (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.) - 2 -