BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT HELD AT HIGH COURT PATNA CWJC No.9019 of 2007 Petitioner :RAMA SHANKAR SHARMA Respondent :THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS Present:- Member(Judicial) :Mr. Justice Mihir Kumar Jha Member(Legal Profession) : Smt. Nivedita Nirvikar, Advocate AWARD The dispute between the parties having been referred for determination to the Lok Adalat and the parties having compromised/ settled the case/matter, the following award is passed in terms of the settlement: After detailed discussion and deliberation, the parties have resolved to settle their dispute as raised in this application on the following terms and conditions:- (i) The amount claimed in paragraph no.26 of the writ application pertaining to voucher payment for certain work would be verified by the competent authority, namely, the District Magistrate, Purnea with the help of authentic record which is lying either in the custody of the officials or may be with the petitioner. Upon such accounting and admissibility of the voucher payment, if any amount is found to be payable to the petitioner, the same shall be paid immediately within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order. (ii) In the event, the petitioner is found to be liable to pay any admitted amount advanced to him and for which he fails to explain its being spent on Government work, the petitioner will refund that amount but no interest will be chargeable or recoverable thereon from the petitioner. (iii) Similarly, the amount of provident fund withheld by the Government on account as indicated in the manner above will be refunded but the petitioner will also not be entitled for payment of any interest as he has been given the benefit of refunding the Government advanced amount without any interest. With the aforementioned agreed terms and conditions, the issue raised in this writ application stands resolved and hence disposed of. The parties are informed that the court fee, if any, paid by any of them shall be refunded. ___________________ Petitioner/Petitioner's representative) ___________________ Respondent/Respondent's representative) (Mihir Kumar Jha) (Nivedita Nirvikar), Advocate Member(Judicial) Member(Legal Profession) Date :01-05-2010 (Seal of the Authority)