IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 14578 of 2009 Between: R. Ramesh, S/o. Lingaiah, R/o. Odela Village and Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, through The Secretary, Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Executive Engineer, Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, Irrigation Division, Peddapally Division, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring action of the respondent No.2 in ot considering representation made by petitioner on 01-07-2009 and in not paying the bills relating to the worked executed by the petitioner as per agreement No. 168/2008-09, dt. 25-02-2009 in Form No. 6 as illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional and direct the respondents to pay the bills relating to the work executed by the petitioner Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 14578 of 2009 ORDER: 1 The petitioner approached this court and filed the present Writ Petition with the following prayer: For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, the Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring action of the respondent No.2 in not considering representation made by petitioner on 01- 07-2009 and in not paying the bills relating to the worked executed by the petitioner as per agreement No. 168/2008-09, dt. 25-02-2009 in Form No. 6 as illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional and direct the respondents to pay the bills relating to the work executed by the petitioner or pass any other appropriate order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of justice. 2 Brief facts are that the second respondent herein allotted work pertaining to repairs of Burugu Kunta Tank Bund of Odela Village and Mandal and entered into an agreement No.168/2008-09 dated 25.02.2009 in Form No.6 with the petitioner and the petitioner executed the work as per the conditions of the agreement. The competent authorities, after verification of the work, submitted satisfactory report also to the second respondent. However, the second respondent did not release the amounts which the petitioner is entitled to and hence he made a representation on 01.07.2009 to the second respondent for payment of bill amounts. But as no action has been initiated, he filed the present Writ Petition. 3 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and also the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation & Commandant Area Development. 4 Having regard to the fact that the representation given by the petitioner dated 01.07.2009 is very much pending with the second respondent, the second respondent is hereby directed to consider the said representation and pass appropriate orders thereon within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5 The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ------------------------- SRI T.G.K, J. 04.08.2009 Kvsn