IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15943 of 2009 ***** 1. NAGENDRA KUMAR @ NAGENDRA PRASAD YADAV S/O LATE KISHORI PRASAD YADAV MOH- MAHABIR CHAUK, WARD NO. 5, DUMARA, P.S. DUMARA, DISTT. SITAMARHI. …. …. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY WATER RESOURCES DEPTT., BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF, NORTH WATER RESOURCES DEPTT., BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER BAGMATI FLOOD FIGHTING SCHEME, SITAMARHI 5. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER BAGMATI DIVISION, NO. 1, SITAMARHI. …. …. Respondents ----------- 2. 24.11.2009. Heard counsel for the parties. Petitioner claims himself to be one of the contractors duly registered with the department of Water Resources, Government of Bihar. His grievance is that the respondent authorities are not implementing their own policy decision of awarding contract work to all such registered contractors the value of which is less than one crore. Submission of the counsel is that many a tenders have been issued by the department from time to time but the work is being assigned to the other contractors denying the benefit or opportunity to the petitioner in total breach of the said policy decision. He further submits that his complaints made to the Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Water Resources Department as well as legal notice has not begotten any response from them and therefore the present writ application. Learned counsel for the State seeks some time for filing response in the matter but looking at the nature of the dispute raised by the petitioner no purpose will be served by keeping the matter pending for - 2 - a counter affidavit. The writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner that he shall file a fresh representation along with the copy of this order upon the Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Water Resources Department, who shall verify the grievance of the petitioner vis-à-vis the policy decision and respond to him on the same preferably within six weeks of the receipt of such a communication. The writ application stands disposed of with above direction. Pawan/- (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)