IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5001 of 2005 ====================================================== Hare Krishna Lal Das, S/O Late Madhusudan Das, resident of village Kaithahi, P.S. Rajnagar, District- Madhubanmi, at present residing at Ward No.1, West Gajandhar, Supaul, P.S. and District- Supaul. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Engineer-in-Chief, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer (North Bihar) Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Superintending Engineer, Building Construction Department, Darbhanga Circle, Darbhanga 5. The Executive Engineer, Building Construction Division, Madhubani 6. The Assistant Engineer-cum-Sub-Divisional Officer, Building Construction Sub-Division, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5022 of 2005 ====================================================== Hare Krishna Lal Das, S/O Late Madhusudan Das, resident of village Kaithahi, P.S. Rajnagar, District- Madhubanmi, at present residing at Ward No.1, West Gajandhar, Supaul, P.S. and District- Supaul. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Engineer-in-Chief, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer (North Bihar) Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Superintending Engineer, Building Construction Department, Darbhanga Circle, Darbhanga 5. The Executive Engineer, Building Construction Division, Madhubani 6. The Assistant Engineer-cum-Sub-Divisional Officer, Building Construction Sub-Division, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5097 of 2005 ====================================================== Hare Krishna Lal Das, S/O Late Madhusudan Das, resident of village Kaithahi, P.S. Rajnagar, District- Madhubanmi, at present residing at Ward No.1, West Gajandhar, Supaul, P.S. and District- Supaul. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Engineer-in-Chief, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna Patna High Court CWJC No.5001 of 2005 (5) dt.06-08-2012 2 / 3 2 3. The Chief Engineer (North Bihar) Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Superintending Engineer, Building Construction Department, Darbhanga Circle, Darbhanga 5. The Executive Engineer, Building Construction Division, Madhubani 6. The Assistant Engineer-cum-Sub-Divisional Officer, Building Construction Sub-Division, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5177 of 2005 ====================================================== Hare Krishna Lal Das, S/O Late Madhusudan Das, resident of village Kaithahi, P.S. Rajnagar, District- Madhubanmi, at present residing at Ward No.1, West Gajandhar, Supaul, P.S. and District- Supaul. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Engineer-in-Chief, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer (North Bihar) Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Superintending Engineer, Building Construction Department, Darbhanga Circle, Darbhanga 5. The Executive Engineer, Building Construction Division, Madhubani 6. The Assistant Engineer-cum-Sub-Divisional Officer, Building Construction Sub-Division, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5454 of 2005 ====================================================== Hare Krishna Lal Das, S/O Late Madhusudan Das, resident of village Kaithahi, P.S. Rajnagar, District- Madhubanmi, at present residing at Ward No.1, West Gajandhar, Supaul, P.S. and District- Supaul. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Engineer-in-Chief, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer (North Bihar) Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Superintending Engineer, Building Construction Department, Darbhanga Circle, Darbhanga 5. The Executive Engineer, Building Construction Division, Madhubani 6. The Assistant Engineer-cum-Sub-Divisional Officer, Building Construction Sub-Division, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : (In all writ applications) For the Petitioner/s : M/s Sharad Kr. Sinha and Shantanu Kumar Patna High Court CWJC No.5001 of 2005 (5) dt.06-08-2012 3 / 3 3 For the Respondent/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JAYANANDAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 06-08-2012 These writ applications were filed for a direction to the respondents for payment of admitted dues of the bills in respect of the work done by the petitioner. From the counter affidavit filed in one case, it appears that the claim of the petitioner has been disputed on the ground that the Executive Engineer did not produce measurement book etc. in respect of the claim of the petitioner. Since claim of the petitioners has not been admitted by the respondents, petitioner has only remedy available to him to move before the Tribunal in the matter. In the circumstances, all the five writ applications are disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to move the Tribunal. Since matter has remained pending in this Court for quite long, it is observed that if the petitioners file an application for condonation of delay, the Tribunal shall consider the application in the background of the fact that the writ applications were pending in this Court since 2005 and there was also delay in communication by the respondents of rejection order. Pradeep/- (Jayanandan Singh, J)