IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14783 of 2011 Md. Mustafa S/O Md. Abdul Wohab, Resident of Village- Satokhar, P.S.- Singheshwar, District- Madhepura. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Vishweshwaraiya Bhawan, New Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Engineer-In-Chief - Cum - Additional Secretary -Cum- Special Secretary, Road Construction Department, Vishweshwaraiya Bhawan, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer (Traffic), North Bihar Subwing, Road Construction Department, Darbhanga. 4. The Superintending Engineer Road Construction Department, Road Construction Circle, Saharsa. 5. The Executive Engineer, Road Construction Department, Road Construction Division, Madhepura. ….Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : M/s Pramod Mishra & Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocates. For the Respondents : A.C. to A.A.G-14. ---------- 02/ 28.11.2011 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 to make payment of the admitted contractual dues amounting to Rs.3,73,734.00 with appropriate interest to the petitioner for the works done by him as the same has been help up since long by the respondents without any reason although the petitioner has been regularly representing the authorities concerned. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that all the contractual dues claimed by the petitioner were admitted by the - 2 - Executive Engineer (respondent no.5) in his letter dated 07.09.1996 (Annexure-1) sent to the Engineer in Chief (respondent no.2), but only part payment has been made and remaining admitted amount is still due, although the petitioner has been approaching the authority concerned and even the other similarly situated person has been paid fully. 4. Considering the averments made by learned counsel for the parties and the materials on record, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the Executive Engineer, Road Construction Department, Madhepura (respondent no.5) along with an application giving the details of his claims and interest. If such an application is filed by the petitioner within fifteen days from today along with a copy of this order, the said authority shall consider the same in accordance with law and shall dispose it of expeditiously preferably within a period of four months by a speaking order and if any amount or interest is found admitted and payable it should be paid to the petitioner immediately thereafter. However, if any amount or interest is not admitted and payable in the said order, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the same before an appropriate forum. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.