IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 4503 of 2008 Ajay Kumar Gupta, aged about 45 years, Son of late Om Prakash Gupta, resident of A-52, Vindhyachal Apartment, Boring Road, Police Station - Budha Colony, District - Patna - Petitioner Versus 1 The State of Bihar 2 The Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Government of Bihar, Sichai Bhawan, Patna 3 The Engineer-in-Chief (North), Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Sichai Bhawan, Patna 4 The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Muzaffarpur 5 The Superintending Engineer, Sirsh Karya Anchal, Bagmati Nagar, Sitamarhi, District - Sitamarhi 6 The Executive Engineer, Bagmati Division Shivhar and the Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Runnisaidpur, Sitamarhi 7 The Bihar State Construction Corporation Limited, Khawaja Emali, Anishabad, Patna through its Managing Director 8 The Managing Director, Bihar State Construction Corporation Limited, Khawaja Emali, Anishabad, Patna 9 The Works Manager, Bihar State Construction Corporation Limited, 207, Water Resources Department, Anisabad, Patna 10 Chanakya Technos Pvt Ltd, Rajgarh House, Harihar Pd Dubey Marg, Betiah Hata, Goukpur, Regd Office, 34, A N Path, S K Puri, Boring Road, Patna - Respondents ----------- 9 17.04.2009 Mr Shukla appearing on behalf of the Corporation submits that so far as the two TDRs are concerned, as stated in paragraph-4 of petitioner’s rejoinder, they will be within one week ordered to be released to the petitioner who is the nominee of Chanakya Technos Private Limited (respondent No 10). Mr Shukla further accepts that earnest money/security money, to the extent of about Rs 18 lakhs, is due and payable to Chanakya Technos Private Limited. He states that at the moment, he gets the same from the State, he shall pay the same to the Chanakya Technos Private Limited. Learned counsel for the State has no instructions in the matter. The counter affidavit does not deny the fact that the security money is liable to be refunded by the State. 2 That being so, I direct the Corporation and the State to quantify the security money which, as noticed above, is about Rs 18 lakhs and ensure it is refunded to the Chanakya Technos or its nominee or its duly authorized agent within a period of one month from today failing which they may be made liable to pay interest for the delay in respect thereof. So far as any other dispute which subsists amongst parties, the writ petitioner or Chanakya Technos Private Limited, as the case may be, may make appropriate representation to the Corporation who would decide the same within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the representation and communicate the same to the petitioner or the Chanakya Technos Private Limited, as the case may be. In case of any dispute as between the Corporation and the State remains unresolved, the Corporation will immediately make a representation to the State in this regard and the State would be obliged to dispose of the same in accordance with law communicating the order to the Corporation in that regard. With these observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)