IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8864 of 2011 Bishwanath Singh (B.N.Singh), son of Late Shri Raghubar Singh, resident of Village-Saya, P.O. & P.S.- Nabinagar, District-Aurangabad (Bihar). ….. …. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Public Health Engineering Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Engineer-in-Chief, Public Health Engineering Department, Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Patna. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Gaya Circle, (Now Sasaram), At & P.O.- Sasaram, District-Rohtas. 6. The Executive Engineer, Public Health Division At and District Aurangabad. 7. The Sub-Divisional Officer-cum-Assistant Engineer, Public Health Division, Nabinagar, District-Aurangabad. 8. The Assistant Engineer, Public Health Division, Nabinagar, District- Aurangabad. …. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Anjani Kumar Sinha, Advocate. For the respondents : Md. Anis Akhtar, A. C. to G. A. 3. -------- 02/ 13.07.2011 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 pay forthwith the amount of 22nd and final bill prepared after actual measurement done by the Assistant Engineer on 23.11.2010 for a sum of Rs.17,02,553.00 for the work done by the petitioner as a contractor pursuant to Agreement No. F-2-02 of 2008-09 which was later on checked and passed also by the Executive Engineer who was the competent authority on 15.01.2011, whereafter the matter went to the Assistant Engineer, - 2 - Public Health Engineering Division, Nabinagar, Aurangabad by making such endorsement on the letter when sent to him by the Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Division, Aurangabad with final bill and other documents for necessary orders on 23.11.2010, but the payment is still pending for no reason much less any legal or logical reason. 3. The specific claim of the petitioner is that the dues to which the petitioner is claiming is not a disputed amount, rather it is an admitted dues having been checked and passed by the authorities concerned. 4. In the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the Executive Engineer, Public Health Division, Aurangabad (respondent no.6) by way of filing an application along with a copy of this order. If such an application is filed within fifteen days from today, the said authority shall decide the matter within two months thereafter and must pay the entire admitted dues immediately thereafter latest within fifteen days from it. If any amount or interest thereon is not found admitted or payable in the said order of the authority concerned, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the same before an appropriate forum. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)