WP(C) 5820/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N. KOTISWAR SINGH Heard Mr. D.C. Borah, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. S.R. Barbhuiya, appearing on behalf of Dr. B. Ahmed, learned standing counsel, Irrigation Depar tment, Assam, appearing for the respondents. The case of the petitioner is that he is a Govt. registered contractor and he ea rns his livelihood by executing various contact works in different departments. The respondent authorities had allotted the petitioner works like renovation of canal embankment and other various works to be executed by him. Accordingly, th e Executive Engineer, Kaliabor & Intd. Kallong Division (Irrigation), Nagaon, ha s issued a work order vide order-dated 8.2.2005 (Annexure- 1 series to the writ petition), and the petitioner had done the said works satisfactorily as soon as the work order was received by him. The further case of the petitioner is that he has prepared the bills of the said works on the basis of the inspection report of the executed works for the payme nt amounting to Rs. 93,294/but the respondent authorities had not released payme nt of out standing bills to the petitioner. Being aggrieved with the respondent authorities, the petitioner has approached t his Court by way of filing a writ petition praying for a direction to the respon dent authorities to clear the outstanding bills to the petitioner. After hearing the learned counsel for both the parties, and on perusal of the ma terials on record, this writ petition is disposed in the light of the directions of this Hon’ble Court passed in W.P.(C) No. 5489/2008 on 9.2.2009, which was pa ssed in terms of the decision of the Full Bench of this Court in W.A. No. 484/20 05 (Tamsher Ali & Ors. Vs. State of Assam and Ors.) and other connected cases, r eported in 2008 (4) GLT 1. Accordingly, the respondent authorities are directed to make an enquiry into the pending outstanding bills of the petitioner lying unpaid in the Irrigation Depa rtment and clear the same at the earliest to the petitioner within a period of t hree months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order from toda y in the light of the direction given by this court in Tamsher Ali (supra). The petitioner is directed to submit a representation stating details facts regardi ng outstanding bill lying pending in the office of the respondent authorities, a longwith a certified copy of this order to the respondents and the respondent au thorities shall do the needful in accordance with law. With the above directions, this writ petition stands disposed of.