IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2056 of 2008 SRI GANGA PRASAD MISHRA, son of late Sri Laxaman Mishra, resident of Village – Mahinam, Post – Mahinam, P S – Bahera, District – Darbhanga. _______ Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Engineer-in-Chief cum Additional Commissioner cum Special Secretary, Building Construction Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer, Building Construction Department, North Bihar, Patna. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Building Construction Department, Circle – Darbhanga. 5. The Executive Engineer, Building Construction Division, Division – Darbhanga. 6. The Treasury Officer, Darbhanga. ________ Respondents ----------- 02. 29.03.2010 According to the petitioner, he was issued a cheque for Rs. 49451/- by the Executive Engineer, Darbhanga Construction Division on 30.3.2004. This was a payment made for certain work carried out in terms of Agreement no. F 2 / 2003-04. After issuance of cheque there was a general ban by the State Government upon withdrawal of fund and hence the cheque could not be honoured and the petitioner did not receive any payment. Petitioner has brought on record series of orders which have been passed by this Court in several cases where petitioner has been given liberty to approach the competent authority for issuance of a fresh cheque against the payment of the bill in question and a direction has been issued upon the concerned respondent to honour the same within a time frame. The writ application is disposed of with liberty 2 to the petitioner that he shall lodge his claim for issuance of a fresh cheque against the payment of bill in question, which must be done by the Executive Engineer, Building Construction Division, Darbhanga within a period of three months from lodging of his claim. The writ application stands disposed of with the above direction. . rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J )