IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5251 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 23, 2011. M/s Ceigall Builders Pvt. Ltd. .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr. Raman Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner is a building contractor who is said to have been allotted the work of upgradation of Sidhwan Bet Dharamkot Road KM 1.0 to 10.21 from earth work to SDBC which is said to have been executed by it to the entire satisfaction of the respondent-authorities. It is alleged that the security amount deposited by the petitioner has been refunded only in part and no maintenance charges have been paid to it despite the repeated representation made by it followed by a legal notice dated 19.10.2010 (Annexure P-7) served on its behalf. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I C.W.P.No . 5251 of 2011 2 deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondents to consider the afore-mentioned claim of the petitioner and if found entitled to, release the due amount to it within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to the interest @ 7% per annum. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 23, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE