IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8590 of 2008 NAW BHARAT JAGRITI KENDRA Mohalla Kongress Maidan, P.S. Kadamkuan,District-Patna through its Secretary ,namely, Satish Kumar “Satish Girija” son of late Bishwanath Prasad Gupta,resident of Mohalla at Amrit Nagar, P.S. Muffasil,District-Hazaribagh. Versus PATNA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION through its Commissioner-cum- Chief Executive Officer,Patna. ----------- For the Petitioner :Mr. Vinay Ranjan - --- 4 6.2.2009 Petitioner is a Non Governmental Organization, which had done various sanitation works within the Patna Municipal Corporation region. As usual, for reasons ,this Court will not discuss, once the work was done, payments have been inordinately delayed. This brought the petitioner to this Court. A counter affidavit has now been filed by Patna Municipal Corporation wherein in para 14 it is now admitted that an amount of Rs. 7,40,000/- is due to the petitioner but administrative sanction could not be obtained from the Standing Committee, which is likely to be convened shortly. In view of the fact that the liability at least to the extent of Rs. 7,40,000/- ,stands admitted, and the petitioner was due as far back as in 2006, I direct that within two months from the date when the order of this Court is filed before the Patna Municipal Corporation, payment must be made to the petitioner. If it is not made to the petitioner, as aforesaid, the same would be paid along with the interest at the rate of 12% per annum. Needless to emphasize that if the payments are not 2 properly made then the Patna Municipal Corporation should not expect from NGO to come to its aid in future. It may also be mentioned that mere payment of Rs. 7,40,00/- would not end the matter because the Corporation would be obliged to settle the complete account of the petitioner and give details of payment being made as being admitted. This disposes of the writ petition. SINGH (Navaniti Pd. Singh, J.)