WP(C) 1211/2008 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE IA ANSARI Heard Mr. AD Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Ms. BL S inha, learned Government Advocate, appearing on behalf of the State respondents. The basic grievance of the petitioner, in the present writ petition, is that the respondents had incurred a liblity of Rs. 40.14 lakhs, as the amount due and pa yable to the petitioner for the work, which had been executed by the petitioner, and though this amount was admitted to be payable to the petitioner, the paymen t has not till date been made despite that fact that the said amount had been sa nctioned for payment to the petitioner. The petitioner has not been able to prod uce any material to show that the said amount stands sanctioned for payment to t he petitioner. Be that as it may, Ms. Sinha, learned Government Advocate, has produced a commun ication, dated 15-05-2008, issued by the Chief Engineer, Department of Irrigatio n, Government of Assam, indicating to the effect that the budget provision for t he dues of the petitioner have been included in the budget for the financial yea r 2008-09 and that necessary order(s) are required to be received from the Depar tment of Finance, Government of Assam, so that the payment can be made. The peti tioner has already been, in the meanwhile, according to the learned counsel for the petitioner, received some part of his dues. In the circumstances as indicated hereinabove, and in the interest of justice, t his writ petition is disposed of with direction to the State respondents to make payment of the remaining dues of the petitioner within a fortnight from the dat e of receipt of the requisite order from the Department of Finance, Government o f Assam. With the above observations and directions, this qwrit petition shall stand disp osed of.