IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.19059 of 2010 Dilmohan Singh, S/o Late Balbhadra Narayan Singh, R/o Village + P.O.- Naya Nagar, P.S.-Udakishunganj, District- Madhepura. ……. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Secretary, Public Works Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer (Yantrik)-cum-Super Nodal Officer, North Bihar, Sub-region, P.W.D. Darbhanga. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Road Circle, Saharsa. 5. The Executive Officer (Nodal Officer), Works Division, Madhepura. 6. The Executive Engineer, Task Force No. 2, Bihar Public Works Department, Kumarkhand Prakhand, District- Madhepura. ….. Respondents. For the petitioner : Mr. Rakesh Srivastava, Advocate. Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Advocate. Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma, AC to AG-XI. ----------- 2. 25.11.2010 The grievance of the petitioner is that he had completed the work allotted to him with respect to Emergent Traffic Restoration Work to the satisfaction of the respondent authorities and submitted his bills, but the payment for the same has not been received as the allocation of additional fund of Rs. 3.20 crores sought for by the Executive Officer has not been received. The agreement value of the petitioner’s work is stated as Rs. 15, 04,454/-. Learned counsel for the petitioner also points out that the Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Bihar vide letter dated 21.12.2009 had directed the Executive Officer to send the details regarding additional payment through the Chief Engineer (Yantrik)-cum-Super Nodal Officer, North Bihar, Sub-region, Darbhanga, but no action has been taken by the respondent authorities pursuant to the same despite the lapse of a substantial period. - 2 - In the said circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to Respondent no. 3 to look into the claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and in case any amount is found to be admissible to the petitioner then payment of the said admitted amount should also be made within a further period of three months thereof. Sujit (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)