IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12226 of 2008 RAJ KISHORE PRASAD, son of late Bindeshwari Yadav, resident of Jangalia Kali Mandir Road, Gopalganj, Proprietor M/S. Prasad Construction, Jangalia Kali Mandir Road, Gopalganj Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Secretary, Agriculture Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Administrator, Bihar State Agricultural Marketing Board, Pant Bhawan, Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer, Bihar State Agriculture Marketing Board, Pant Bhawan, Patna. 5. The Executive Engineer, the Bihar State Agriculture Marketing Works Division, Chapra. ----------- For the petitioner : M/S. Jitendra Kumar Roy-1 and Usha Kumari Singh. For the Marketing Board: Mr. B K Singh Chauhan. --------- 02. 30.04.2010 Petitioner was saddled with responsibility of certain construction work by the Executive Engineer of the erstwhile Bihar Agriculture Marketing Board, Chapra Division, at Chapra. Six agreements were entered into, the details of which have been provided in para 4 of the writ application. The date of the work order and the date of completion is also indicated therein. Some work came to be completed, some could not be completed, for the reason that necessary funds were not made available to the petitioner well within time. This, according to the petitioner, is borne out from the noting of the Executive Engineer, which is annexure-6 to the writ application. The recommendation of the Executive Engineer has been addressed to the Chief Engineer of the Marketing Board. It was way back on 25.1.2008 but no decision has been communicated to the petitioner on his request for extension of time as well as payments. 2 It is one of those cases where lack of decision making has generated litigation for this Court. If the concerned authority had shouldered his responsibility by responding to the recommendation well within time then may be, there may not have been occasion for the petitioner to come to this Court. The writ application is disposed of with a direction upon the Chief Engineer, Bihar State Agriculture Marketing Board including the Special Officer of changed circumstance and status of the erstwhile Marketing Board that he shall take decision on the application if filed on behalf of the petitioner along with supporting documents within two weeks. The Court expects the Special Officer to respond to the request of the petitioner preferably within eight weeks after filing of such application . The writ application stands disposed of with the above direction. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J )