IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5695 of 2010 M/S SHANTI ENTERPRISES, through its Proprietor Mr. Pankaj Kumar, son of Sri Rajdeo Singh, resident of Mohalla Purnendu Nagar, P S – Phulwari Sharif, District & Town – Patna. ___ Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. Building Construction Department, Government of Bihar, through its Secretary, Nirman Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. Bihar Public Works Department through its Secretary, New Secretariat, Patna. 4. Executive Engineer, Patnacity Building Division, Gulzarbagh, Patna. ____Respondents ----------- 02. 02.04.2010 Petitioner was assigned the responsibility of construction of 4th Grade Staff quarters in the campus of Veterinary Hospital, Bakhtiyarpur. The work relates to the year 2007-08. It is the stand of the petitioner that work was completed well within time. Measurements were carried out and reflected in the measurement book. Even the bill for payment has been passed by the Executive Engineer, Patna City Building Division, Galzarbagh, Patna, which is reflected at page 34 of the writ application. The contention of the petitioner is that final payment is not being released for extraneous reason. With the limited dispute the writ application is disposed of with a direction upon the Executive Engineer, Patna City Building Division, Gulzarbagh, i.e. respondent No.4 that taking cognizance of the fact that he has passed the bill and certified the work having been carried out by the petitioner, it is the duty of the respondents to ensure that payment is released in 2 favour of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of communication / production of a copy of this order. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J )