IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13239 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 29, 2010. Avinash Kumar Bhola .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.P.S.Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner is a Government Contractor who is said to have executed the work orders No.22 & 23 dated 24.5.2007 regarding construction/fixing of direct APM type outlets at RD 0 to 10000 and RD 10000 to 18000 of Ladhuke Disty. The petitioner has further averred that C.W.P.No .13239 of 2010 2 the bills submitted by him were duly verified by the authorities and the final bills have also been prepared and passed but despite this, no payment has been released to him so far without any rhyme and reason. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have submitted various applications to the authorities, including dated 18.3.2010, 27.5.2010 and 17.6.2010 (Annexures P-5 to P-7 respectively) but without any response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, I am of the considered view that the respondents cannot with-held the undisputed and admitted payments to which the petitioner is entitled to on execution of the allotted works to the satisfaction of the authorities. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider the above-noticed claim of the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. July 29, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE