WP(C) 2032/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTIC B P KATAKEY Heard Mr S Barthakur, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs HM Phukan, lear ned state counsel appearing for the respondents. Grievance of the petitioner in the present petition is relating to nonpa yment of Rs.2,22,530/-(rupees two lakh twenty-two thousand and five hundred thir ty) only which, according to the petitioner, is due and payable to it for the wo rks done in connection with the previous panchayat elections taken place across the State. According to the petitioner, though the said amount was certified to be due and payable to it by the Director of Printing and Stationeries, the same has not been paid. During pendency of this writ petition, an amount of Rs.1,43,390/-(rupees one lakh fourty-three thousand and three hundred ninety) had been paid, the rec eipt of which has also been acknowledged by the learned counsel for the petition er. Learned state counsel, on the basis of instruction dated 6th August, 201 1, received from Deputy Secretary to the government of Assam in the Panchayat & Rural Dev. Department, has submitted that although the Director, initially, had certified that an amount of Rs.2,22,530/-(rupees two lakh twenty-two thousand a nd five hundred thirty) as due and payable to the petitioner, upon re-verificati on, it was found that the petitioner was entitled to an amount of Rs.1,43,390/-( rupees one lakh fourty-three thousand and three hundred ninety), including the v alue added tax (VAT), as from Rs.2,22,530/- (rupees two lakh twenty-two thousand and five hundred thirty), an amount towards the cost of papers supplied to peti tioner by the government was excluded.. From the said written instruction, it appears that an amount of Rs.1,43 ,390/-(rupees one lakh fourty-three thousand and three hundred ninety) has been paid to the petitioner by a cheque on 22.6.2011, the receipt of which has been a dmitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Since the amount due and payable to the petitoner has been paid, nothing is left to be decided in the present writ proceeding and hence the writ petitio n is closed and disposed of. The copy of the written instruction as aforesaid, as produced by learned state counsel, is kept on record.