IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE Dr. JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION No. 18465 of 2004 Between: P.Muninder S/o Ramaswamy, aged 44 years, R/o Vavilalapally, Karimnagar, Karimanagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Executive Engineer (R&B) Division Nirmal, Adilabad District. 2 The Superintending Engineer(R&B) Circle- Karimnagar, Karimnagar Distirct. .....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 appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of "Writ of Mandamus" or any other writ or order of direction, call for the and examine the records of the LS Agreement No.129/2001-2002, dt. 05/01/2002 and Measurement books, No.5555/A on the files of the respondents and issue direction, directing the respondents to pay the bills to a tune of Rs. 47,880/- with interest with regard to technical agent. 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 is a contractor. He executed the work entrusted by the respondents, which was estimated at Rs.12.10 lakhs. The petitioner contends that he is entitled to get Rs.47,880/- more as per the measurements recorded in the M-B o o k . The petitioner further contends that he made a representation to the 1st respondent on 31.08.2004 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 payment of Rs.47,880/- to him towards the balance amount, payable for the work executed by him. 2. Having regard to the above facts and circumstances, the 1st respondent is directed to pass appropriate orders on the representation of the petitioner dated 31.08.2004, according to rules and communicate the same to the petitioner, within a period of 6 (six) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 3. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. Note: Issue CC in three days. B/o. Dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The Executive Engineer (R&B) Division, Nirmal, Adilabad District 2. The Superintending Engineer (R&B) Circle-Karimnagar, Karimnagar District 3. Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Roads & Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4. Two CD copies.