IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11168 of 2005 ----------- Mahtab Alam, son of late Saiyad Mohamad Mansoor Alam, resident of village Kirtaul, P.O. Khidirchok, P.S. Teghra, District Begusarai … Petitioner versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Commissioner cum Secretary, Minor Irrigation Department, New Secretariat, Patna 3. Project Co-ordinator cum Engineer-in-Chief, Nalkoop Prabhag (Minor Irrigation), Visheshwaraiya Bhawan, Patna 4. Chief Engineer (North Nalkoop Prabhag), Muzaffarpur 5. Superintending Engineer, Nalkoop Anchal, Darbhanga 6. Executive Engineer, Tubewell Division, Begusarai …Respondents ------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vivekanand Pd. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Namrata Mishra, G.P. 17 ------- 02/ 26.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing respondent-authorities to make payment of the due amounts for the completed works with respect to construction and repair of Pump House etc. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that all the admitted dues have been paid to the petitioner. This fact is disputed by the petitioner, who claims that some dues are still unpaid and the petitioner is also entitled for interest as the payment has been made belatedly. 3. 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 Executive Engineer, Tubewell Division, Begusarai (respondent no. 6) along with a copy 2 of this order as well as an application raising all the points involved and giving details of the amounts due. If such an application is filed by the petitioner within fifteen days from today, the said authority shall consider the same in accordance with law and shall decide it by a speaking order within four months thereafter and if any amount or interest is found to be admitted and payable, the same should be paid to the petitioner immediately thereafter. However, if any amount or interest is not found to be admitted and payable in the said order, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the same before an appropriate forum. MPS/ ( S. N. Hussain, J. )