IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE THURSDAY, THE 14TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 25TH MAGHA 1929 WP(C).No. 7503 of 2007(R) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ SILBET XAVIER, GOVT. CONTRACTOR, KAINICKAL HOUSE, MUKKUDOM P.O., ADIMALY VIA, IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.BABU JOSEPH KURUVATHAZHA SMT.VINEETHA SUSAN THOMAS RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. ADIMALY BLOCK PANCHAYAT, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, OFFICE OF THE ADIMALY BLOCK PANCHAYAT, ADIMALY, IDUKKI DISTRICT. 2. THE SECRETARY, ADIMALY BLOCK PANCHAYAT, OFFICE OF THE ADIMALY BLOCK PANCHAYAT, ADIMALY, IDUKKI DISTRICT. 3. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPT. OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT, GOVT. SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. *ADDL.R4.THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER, NABARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. *ADDL.R4 IS IMPLEADED AS PER THE ORDER DATED 2.11.07 IN I.A.NO.14684/07. R1-R2 BY ADV. SRI.N.K. SHYJU R3 BY GOVT. PLEADER MR.K.J.MOHAMMED ANZAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE,J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No.7503 of 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated: 14th February, 2008 JUDGMENT Mr.C.M.Suresh Babu, Special Govt. Pleader on the basis of the instructions from the Finance Department submits that the Finance Department have already issued concurrence in the matter of release of payment to the petitioner. The learned Special Govt. Pleader has placed before me copy of the Government letter dated 12.2.2008 and also copies of the related orders by which amounts have been released and credited to the account of the Block Panchayat. Under these circumstances, I am of the view that there is no justification for the first respondent to defer payment of amounts to the petitioner. Accordingly, allowing the Writ Petition, I direct respondents 1 and 2 to release the amounts admittedly due to the petitioner as per the bills submitted by him which are registered as early as on 28.7.2006 at the earliest and at any rate within one month of receiving copy of this judgment. srd PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE