IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16825 of 2008 Between: A.Venkateswarlu S/o. Basavaiah R/o. Annavarapupadu Colony, Ongole, Prakasam distirct. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, Roads and Buildings Circle (R&B), Shivalayam Road, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2 The Executive Engineer, Roads and Buildings Ciurcle(R&B) Kanigiri, Prakasam District. 3 The Pay and Accounts Officer, Nagarjuna Sagar Project Circle(NSP), Pelluru Colony, Ongole, Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not aﬀecting payments for the works to a tune of Rs.1,08,000/- in so far as the technical agents, insurance to a tune of Rs. 21,655, 'e' Procurement Corpus Fund to a tune of Rs. 3,236/- totaling Rs. 1,32,891/- vide L.S.Agreement C.R.N.No. 47/2005-06, dated 1.8.2005 as entered in the measurement books on the ﬁles of the respondents, is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the L.S.Agreement C.R.N.No.47/2008-06 dated 1.8.2005 and consequently direct the respondents to pay the amounts due to the petitioner to a tune of Rs. 1,08,000/- in so far technical agents, insurance to a tune of Rs. 21,655, 'e' Procurement Corpus Fund to a tune of Rs. 3,236/- totaling Rs.1,32,891/- vide L.S.Agreement C.R.N.No.47/2008-06, dated 1.8.2005 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.H.SATISH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following Order: The petitioner, who is a contractor, was entrusted with the work of Improvements to Kandukur-Pamur road to Rallapadu via Mogilicherla in Prakasam District by the respondents. The work awarded was estimated at Rs.84,64,392.09 ps. The petitioners states that an amount of Rs.1,32,891/- is payable by the respondents in respect of the work executed by him and made a representation dated 17-09-2007 to the ﬁrst respondent requesting to release the balance amount. But so far, the amount was not released. Therefore, the petitioner approached this Court through this writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to arrange for payment of Rs.1,32,891/- to him towards the balance amount payable for the work executed by him. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Roads and Buildings and at their request, the writ petition itself is being disposed of at the admission stage. Admittedly, the respondents are due to the petitioner towards the work executed by him. Since the petitioner had already made a representation dated 17-09- 2007 to the ﬁrst respondent requesting for payment of the amount due, I deem it appropriate to direct the ﬁrst respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 17-09-2007 and pass appropriate orders, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, not later than two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:25-08-2008 Usd To 1 The Superintending Engineer, Roads and Buildings Circle (R&B), Shivalayam Road, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2 The Executive Engineer, Roads and Buildings Ciurcle(R&B) Kanigiri, Prakasam District. 3 The Pay and Accounts Officer, Nagarjuna Sagar Project Circle(NSP), Pelluru Colony, Ongole, Prakasam District. 4 Two CCs to GP for Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.