IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 8TH OCTOBER 2007 / 16TH ASWINA 1929 WP(C).No. 24051 of 2007(L) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------------- S.SREEDHARAN NAIR, PATTUVILAKATHU VEEDU,VILAVOORKAL,MALAYINKIL P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.AJITH KRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, P.W.D.ROADS AND BRIDGES, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEERING PWD ROADS DIVISION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. M.R. SABU THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 08/10/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss WPC.NO.24051/2007 L APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE LETTER ISSUED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT DTD. 14/08/2006. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DTD. 30/05/2007 SUBMITTED BY PETITIONER BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT. /TRUE COPY/ P.S.TO JUDGE Kss ANTONY DOMINIC, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) No. 24051 OF 2007 L = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 8th October, 2007 J U D G M E N T Ext. P1 issued by the Chief Engineer shows that the work awarded to the petitioner has been completed by him and that a request has been made to the 1st respondent for the issue of special letter of credit for Rs. 14,631/- which is the final bill amount due to the petitioner. Despite this, the payment has not been made and that led to this writ petition. 2. It may be that for realizing payments, the procedure followed by the respondents required a special letter of credit, but the petitioner having executed the work to the satisfaction of the respondents, there is no justification in making him to wait endlessly for the special letter of credit to come. 3. In view of this I dispose of this writ petition directing respondents 2 and 3 to ensure that the admitted amount due to the petitioner is paid within six weeks of receipt of a copy of this judgment. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE jan/-