IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.287 of 2009 VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH son of Late Jagannath Singh resident of village Kuerpur, P.S. Pipra Kothi, District East Champaran Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- LPA No.288 of 2009 VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- LPA No.300 of 2009 VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- LPA No.307 of 2009 VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- LPA No.308 of 2009 VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- LPA No.309 of 2009 VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- LPA No.313 of 2009 VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3 13/4/2009 The petitioner is a contractor. He approached this Court by filing seven writ petitions for directing the respondents State for making necessary payment of his dues in respect of the work done by - 2 - him with interest. After considering the submissions of both the parties, the following order has been passed by the learned Single Judge on 11.11.2008: “In view of the aforesaid, nothing remains to be done in the writ petitions except issue a direction to the Respondent-State in the Department of Road Construction to make necessary fund allocation for making payment to the petitioner, as accepted in Annexure-9 to the supplementary affidavit. The same shall be done and payment made within two months from the date the production of a copy of this order before the Chief Engineer concerned.” The case of the petitioner is that the learned Single Judge has not granted interest or considered the question raised and these appeals have been filed only for grant of interest. Whether the petitioner is entitled to interest as per the terms of the contract or under general law, if the interest to be payable, what is the rate of interest payable etc. are to be decided in a civil case and if the interest is not paid, it is for the petitioner to approach the Civil Court and that matter is kept open. With the above observation, all these seven Letters Patent Appeal are dismissed. (J. B. Koshy, CJ.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.) AMIN