1. M/s National Printers, proprietor Apex Products Private Limited having its Office at 8H and 8I Industrial Area, Namkum, Ranchi 834 010 represented through its Director Sri Krishan Kant Kedia, son of Sri Gopi Chand Kedia, resident of Lalpur, P.O. & P.S. Lalpur, District Ranchi 834 001 ... Writ Petitioner/Respondent 2. The State of Jharkhand through its Principal Secretary, HRDcum State Project Director, Jharkhand Education Project Council, New Cooperative Building, Shyamli Building, Doranda, P.O. Doranda, P.S. Doranda, District Ranchi 834 024. Respondent no.1 /Respondent no.2 3. The Chairman, Jharkhand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council, Directorate of Industries, 3rd Floor, Nepal House, Doranda, P.O. Doranda, P.S. Doranda, District Ranchi 834 002, Jharkhand ... Respondent no.4 /Respondent no.3 HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY For the Appellants : Mr. Krishna Murari, Advocate Mr. Raj Vardhan, Advocate For the Resp. No. 1 : Mr. Rahul Lamba, Advocate Mr. Aditya Mohan Khandelwal, Advocate For the State : Mr. Amrit Raj Kisku, AC to GAV JUDGMENT C.A.V. On 24th July 2023 Pronounced on 11th September 2023 Per, Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J. This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 16th May 2019 passed by the learned writ Court whereby the writ 2 petition being W.P.(C) No. 3649 of 2016 has been disposed of and the matter has been remanded to the Jharkhand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council, Ranchi (hereinafter referred to as the "Facilitation Council") for adjudication of the claim relating to interest on delayed payment of bills raised by the writ petitioner. 2. In W.P.(C) No. 3649 of 2016, the following prayer had been made: "I. For issuance of an appropriate writ or a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the order dated 04.03.2016 (Annexure 4) in Case No. JHMSEFC 2/2016 passed by the learned Jharkhand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council (JHMSEFC), Ranchi wherein the learned Jharkhand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council has dismissed the application made by the Petitioner to the Council under section 18 of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act (MSMED Act) 2006, holding it as non maintainable. II. For issuance of an appropriate writ or a writ in the nature of declaration that under Section 15 to 18 of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act (MSMED Act) 2006, the petitioner is entitled to make a reference to the Council, under Section 18(1) of the MSMED Act, to claim interest alone. III. For issuance of an appropriate writ or a writ in the nature of mandamus to the respondents to make payment of interest amount to the petitioner on the principal amount of Rs. 3,80,05,000/ in terms of section 16 of the MSMED Act 2006." 3. By an order dated 04th March 2016 which was impugned in the writ petition the Facilitation Council dismissed the application made by the writ petitioner under section 18 of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as "MSMED Act, 2006"), holding it as nonmaintainable by observing that a claim only on account of interest on delayed payment of bills is not maintainable. 4