THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.13332 OF 2006 DATED 3RD FEBRUARY, 2011 BETWEEN Y.Mohan Reddy …Petitioner And The Principal Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj & Rural Dev. Department, A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.13332 OF 2006 O R D E R The petitioner, a contractor who undertook construction of school buildings in Nellore District under an agreement with the State, filed the present writ petition aggrieved by the action of the State in not according revised administrative sanction for the said work, duly effecting price adjustment on par with similarly placed persons. He also sought payment of interest at 18% per annum upon the sums due. Sri P.Sridhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, stated that after the institution of the writ petition, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, under Memo dated 11.01.2007, released an amount of Rs.10.52 lakhs towards the price adjustment sought by the petitioner. However, it is his case that the petitioner would still be entitled to interest on the delayed payment and also a sum of Rs.10,000/- being the balance amount due towards the price adjustment. Learned counsel pointed out that as the work was completed within 18 months as stipulated by the State in its agreement dated 26.02.1998 and the amount was released only in the year 2007, his client would be entitled to interest upon this belated payment. Learned counsel also pointed out that the claim towards the price adjustment would be about Rs.10.62 lakhs but the Government had only accorded sanction for release of Rs.10.52 lakhs, leaving a shortfall of Rs.10,000/-. He further stated that the petitioner made a representation in this regard under his letter dated 23.10.2008 but as yet no orders have been passed thereon. Pertinent to note, during the pendency of this writ petition, the petitioner filed an application in WPMP No.31172 of 2008 seeking a direction to the respondents to pay the balance amount in terms of the proceedings of the Chief Engineer (WBP), Panchayat Raj Department, Hyderabad, dated 21.06.2001 and interest at 18% per annum from 14.08.1999 till 23.03.2007. In the light of the aforementioned sequence of events, though the original cause does not survive for consideration in this writ petition, as the petitioner has already addressed representation dated 23.10.2008 to the respondents as regards his grievance with regard to the payment of the balance amount and interest, and has also sought a direction from this Court to the respondents to consider his claim in this regard, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to duly consider the petitioner’s representation dated 23.10.2008 and take necessary action thereon by way of reasoned orders within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ---------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR, J. 3RD FEBRUARY, 2011. PGS/VGSR