IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO :4469 of 2008 Between: Y. Sambha Siva Rao, s/o. Koteshwar Rao, D.No. 4-63-15/D, Aravinda Nagar, Beside Janapriya Apartments, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of AP., Rep by its Principal Secretary, Archaeology & Museum, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director, Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of A.P., Gunfoundry, Hyderabad. ....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, order, or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to consider and dispose of the representation dated 26- 11-2007 pertaining to work order No. W1/2258/2003 dated 1-9-2005 on the file of the 2nd respondent, within four weeks from today and consequential declare the inaction of the respondents in releasing the final Bill amount in pursuance of work order No. W1/2258/2003 dated 1-9-2005 on the file of the 2nd respondent as bad in Law and against principles of Natural justice, in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.SUDHAKAR REDDY & NEERAJA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: Govt. Pleader for Archaeology & Museums The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner is a contractor. It is his case that he was given work order for executing the work pertaining to Conservation/Restoration of Works to Gunfoundry Monument, Hyderabad on 1.9.2005 and he completed the said work and submitted the bills. His grievance is that though he submitted the final bills long back, the respondents are not releasing the amounts and in that connection he has already submitted a representation on 26.11.2007, in vein. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Archaeology and Museums and at their request the matter is finally disposed of at the admission stage. Since the only grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that his representation dated 26.11.2007 is not disposed of by the respondents, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider and dispose of the representation dated 26.11.2007 of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. N.V.RAMANA,J msv Dated: 03.03.2008