WP(C) 3924/2009 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE ANIMA HAZARIKA Heard Mr. DK Katakey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B Goswa mi, learned Standing counsel, Water Resource Department. Also heard Mr. G Soren, learned State counsel, appearing for respondent Nos.2 and 7 and Mr. P Nayak, le arned Standing counsel, Finance Department for respondent No.8. The grievance of the petitioner is that he is a registered contractor in the Water Resource Department, Assam and he carried out certain works under the respondents within the stipulated time worth Rs.59,32,408/- (Rupees Fifty Nine Lakhs Thirty Two Thousand Four Hundred Eight) only but the same remains still ou tstanding and payable to the petitioner from the department. The petitioner appr oached the respondent authorities on several occasions but the same has not been paid to him and accordingly by way of filing the instant writ petition he has p rayed for a direction to the respondent authorities to make payment of the afore said amount. It is admitted at the bar that such payment of the contractor’s bill and the manner and method to be dealt with in such case has been rendered by a Full Bench of this Court in W.A.No.484/2005 and similar other 194 writ petitions rep orted in 2008 (4) GLT 1 (FB) (Tamsher Ali and Ors. Vs. State of Assam and Ors.) and the issue involved in the instant case is covered by the aforesaid decision. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed of with the directi ons that the petitioner as well as the respondent authorities shall be bound by the principle of law and directions as passed in the case of Tamsher Ali (supra) and the respondent authorities shall deal with the grievance of the petitioner as per the directions contained in Tamsher Ali (supra) and pay the amount to the petitioner to which he is entitled. With the above directions, this writ petition stands disposed of.