IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11706 of 2010 CHANDRAYAN CONTRACTORS PVT.LTD. resident of village- Bariarpur, P.O. Motihari, District-East Champaran through Surendra Prasad Verma, son of late Ramdas Verma, resident of Kalyan Bihar Colony, Ambedkar Path, P.S. Rukanpura, P.O.-B.V. College, District- Patna….. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, patna. 3. The Engineer-in-Chief, Middle Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 4. The Enkneer-in-Chief ( North), Water Resources, Department,Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 5. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Anisabad, Patna. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Flood Control, Planning and monitoring Circle, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 7. The Superintending Engineer, Punpun Flood Prevention Circle, Anishabad, Patna. 8. The Executive Engineer, Flood Central Division, Mokama Camp, Bakhtiyarpur (Patna). 9. The Assistant Engineer, Flood Control Sub-Division, Sarmera, District- Nalanda. 10. The Junior Engineer, Flood Control Sub-Dvision, Sarmera, District- Nalanda. ….. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Y.V. Giri, Senior Advocate Mr. Indu Bhushan, Advocate For the State: Mr. Shankar Kumar, A.C. to A.A.G. V ---- 2. 29.7.2010 The petitioner is aggrieved by the action of the respondent authorities in not making the payment of his bill for Rs. 11,72,297/- for the work done in the year 2009 for protection of embankment of Harohar River at village Dariyapur Dih of Laxmipur Panchayat, Barahiya Block, District- Lakhisarai. Earlier, the petitioner was compelled to approach this Court by filing C.W.J.C. No.1254 of 2010 since he had been blacklisted for not completing the work within a timeframe, whereas it - 2 - is the authorities themselves who had stopped the work by their order dated 1.7.2009 of the Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar in which it was admitted that the petitioner had completed 65% work. On the said facts this Court by order dated 18.3.2010 quashed the order of blacklisting of the petitioner holding the action of the authorities to be arbitrary. Now, the petitioner’s grievance is that only payment of Rupees Twelve Lakhs and odd has been made to the petitioner, whereas the remaining bill of Rupees Eleven Lakhs and odd has not been paid. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the Executive Engineer, Flood Control Division, Mokama Camp (respondent No.8) to consider the claim of the petitioner and dispose of the same within a period of four months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order and whatever amount is found payable to the petitioner, the same should also be paid to him within a further period of two months thereafter. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )