IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5793 of 2007 M/S ANAND CONSTRUCTION through Balmiki Singh s/o Shri Arjun Prasad Singh, resident of village- Kakbara, P.S. & Dist- Banka. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar,Patna. 3. Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department,Bhagalpur, District- Bhagalpur. 4. Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Anchal Kharagpur, Munger 5. Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division,Tarapur,District-Munger. ----------- 2 20.2.2009 This writ application was filed in the year 2007 in respect of payment of admitted dues for the work done. It is stated in para 5 of the counter affidavit, which was earlier filed, that a chque of Rs. 2,74,082/- was issued by the respondent no.5 –Executive Engineer to the petitioner on 26.2.2009 but could not be cleared in view of the directive of the Finance Department in the matter. In para 6 of the counter affidavit, it is stated that the balance could not be paid because of paucity of fund and later due to some technical problem with the available fund, now the Liability Committee is in seisin of the matter. This Court wonders why there is delay. The liability stands admitted by the fact that cheque was handed over to the petitioner. The only thing that is now requird to be done is cheque to be revalidated or freshly issued.Why a Committee has to sit over this matter and deliberate, Court wonders.Whatever may be the position, the liability is not disputed, payment being due, I direct the Liability Committee headed by the Chief Engineer, Bhagalpur to immediately take up the matter and pass necessary orders, so that again this time the end of financial year 2 may not disappoint the petitioner. It would be the responsibility of the Chief Engineer, Water Resoruces Department, Bhagalpur to ensure payment to the petitioner within this financial year itself. With the above observation and direction, this writ petition stands disposed of. SINGH (Navaniti Pd. Singh, J.)