IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 27538 of 2008 Between: 1 Orusu Srinivasa Rao S/o. Venkateswarlu R/o. D.No. 2-14-117/36, C/o. Venkateswara Rao M.R.O. Near NGO Colony, Shyamalanagar, Guntur. 2 Sri Rajyalakshmi Engineers and Contractors, Guntur, Rep. by Orusu Srinivasa Rao, Managing Partner New Mirjalaguda, Plot No 102, Sair Darshan Apartments, Prem Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation, Guntur, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the illegal, action of the respondents in not releasing the payment of bills in connection with the 4 works entered into agreements Numbers 1 No. 3/GMC/APUSP/C-20/2002-03 dt. 2-8-2002, 2. No. 9/GMC/APUSP/C1/by E-Seva/W/2002-03 dt. 18-10-2002 and Agreement No. ENG/11446/AE-6(PW) dt. 14-5-2000 and construction of fish and mutton stalls in the Phase II , Market Area , Guntur and not passing any orders on representation is illegal, arbitrary and violation of principles of natural justice and Art. 14, 19, 21 of Indian Constitution and consequently direct the respondents to settle and pay the pending bills of 4 works having executed by the petitioners within stipulated period and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOONA REDDY ANJI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.B.VENKATARATNAM The Court made the following : ORDER According to the petitioner, he is a Contractor and attended to various works of Guntur Municipal Corporation and the authorities have also entered the same in the measurement book. However, the amount, to which the petitioner is entitled to, is not paid, despite his representation. Hence, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. Learned Standing Counsel for the sole respondent-Guntur Municipal Corporation, on instructions, submitted that in view of the attachment orders passed in I.A.No.673 of 2005 in O.S.No.45 of 2005 on the file of III Additional District Judge, Guntur, the said amount would not be released. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the Guntur Municipal Corporation. It appears that there is an attachment order against the petitioner and hence, Guntur Municipal Corporation is justified in not releasing the amounts to which the petitioner is entitled to. However, the respondent-Corporation is hereby directed to restrict the said attachment order only to the amount specified therein, and if any amount is still to be paid, the same may be paid to the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. __________ 18-12-2008 rkk