WP(C) 1326/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE ANIMA HAZARIKA Heard Mrs. K Devi, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also he ard Ms. K Baruah, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Mr. B Goswami, learned Standing counsel, Water Resource Department for the respondents. Considering the matter in its entirety and as agreed to by the learned c ounsel appearing for the parties, this writ petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition for a direction to th e respondents to release the outstanding bill of ‘ 5,46,709/-. The grievance of the petitioner is that he is a registered Contractor de aling with supply/work contracts under various Departments of the Government and he carried out certain works under the respondents worth ‘5,46,709/- (Rupees Fi ve Lakhs Forty Six Thousand Seven Hundred and Nine) only within the stipulated t ime but the same remains still outstanding and payable to the petitioner from th e Department. The petitioner approached the respondent authorities on several oc casions but the same has not been paid to him and accordingly by way of filing t he instant writ petition he has prayed for a direction to the respondent authori ties to make payment of the aforesaid amount. It is admitted at the bar that such payment of the contractor’s bill and the manner and method to be dealt with in such case has been rendered by a Full Bench of this Court in W.A.No.484/2005 and similar other 194 writ petitions rep orted in 2008(4) GLT 1(FB) (Tamsher Ali and Ors. Vs. State of Assam and Ors.) an d the issue involved in the instant case is covered by the aforesaid decision. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the petitioner as well as the respondent authorities shall be bound by the principle of law and directions as passed in the case of Tamsher Ali (supra) an d the respondent authorities shall deal with the grievance of the petitioner as per the directions contained in Tamsher Ali (supra) and pay the amount to the pe titioner to which he is entitled. With the above directions, this writ petition stands disposed of.