IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18149 of 2011 Deepak Kumar, S/o Late Ramesh Chandra Sharma, Vill.- Bihta, P.O.- Alipur Bihta, Via-Khusrupur, P.S. Bakhtiarpur, District-Patna. ….Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Deputy Development Commissioner, District Araria cum Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Araria. 3. The Chief Engineer, Rural Development (Vishesh Prachhetra), Patna. …..Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Prabhat Ranjan, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Ajay, Standing Counsel-11. ---------- 02/ 04.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents to pay the admitted dues of Rs.3,73,951.00 along with statutory rate of interest from the date the petitioner became legally entitled for the same to its actual date of payment in favour of the petitioner pursuant to the completion of the various M P (LAD) Scheme executed by the petitioner between the period of financial years 1998-99 to 2000-01. The list of schemes has been detailed in paragraph 8 of the writ petition. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents opposes the contentions of learned counsel for the petitioner and submits that after 2001 the petitioner has approached this court for the first time only after the authorities wrote letter to him in the year 2011, whereafter he had submitted his measurement - 2 - book of some of the projects. He also submits that the amounts claimed by the petitioner are not admitted. 4. Considering the arguments of learned counsel for the parties and the materials on record, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the Deputy Development Commissioner-cum- Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Araria by way of a fresh application in addition to his earlier application dated 25.04.2011 giving details of his claim. If such an application is filed by the petitioner within fifteen days from today along with a copy of this order, the said authority shall consider the same in accordance with law and shall decide it by a speaking order within three months thereafter and if any amount and/or interest is found to be admitted and payable, it should be paid to the petitioner immediately. However, if any amount and/or interest claimed by the petitioner is not found admitted and payable in the said order, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the same before an appropriate forum. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)