IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17726 of 2011 Vijay Kumar, S/O Sri Ram Bahadur Mahto, R/O Village- Basahi, P.O.- Churaman Chak, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Begusarai……………………………………...Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Samastipur. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Flood Control Circle, Samastipur. 5. The Executive Engineer, Flood Control Division, Rosera, Samastipur…………………………………………Respondents. For the petitioner : Ms. Garima Bose, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Utsav Kumar, AC to SC-10. ---------------------------------- 02/ 03.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents authorities to pay the interest at bank rate for the delayed payment of admitted dues to the tune of Rs.3,87,595.00 which was admittedly payable to the petitioner for the work done in the year 2002-03 vide Agreement No.1F2 of 2002-03 between the parties. 3. Miss Garima Bose, leaned counsel for the petitioner very succinctly and precisely argued the case and placed the facts like well embroidered jewels in an Agnus Dei establishing her claim that the payment was delayed due to red-tapisiam and also to pay cost to compensate the forced litigation imposed on the petitioner for realization of his admitted dues. 4. On the other hand Mr. Utsav Kumar, learned counsel for the respondents vehemently contested the claim of the petitioner - 2 - but it is not in dispute that the admitted dues had already been paid to the petitioner during the pendency of contempt petition bearing M.J.C. No.2749 of 2011, which was filed by the petitioner for non- compliance of specific directions of this court vide order dated 30.07.2010 passed in C.W.J.C. No.11977 of 2010. It is also not in dispute that the said payment was made without interest. 5. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of this case as well as the averments made by learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the Executive Engineer, Flood Control Division, Rosera, Samastipur (respondent no.5) along with an application giving the details of his claims. If such an application is filed within 15 days from today along with a copy of this order, the said authority shall consider the same in accordance with law and shall decide it by a speaking order within three months thereafter. If any amount or interest is admitted and payable it should be paid to the petitioner immediately thereafter. However, if any amount or interest is not found admitted and payable in the said order, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the same before an appropriate forum. Harish (S.N.Hussain, J.)