Petitioner sought payment of Rs. 3,22,490/- for completed contractor work. Court stayed disposal pending larger scheme directions earlier issued in a connected petition, ordering officials to communicate budget details and release funds for bill clearing within specified timelines.
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GAHC010052242021
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : WP(C)/1956/2021
TAPAN MEDHI S/O LATE AMRIT MEDHI,
RESIDENT OF SALANA, PO AND PS KHETRI, DIST KAMRUP M ASSAM 782403
VERSUS
THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS
REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI 06
2:THE CHIEF ENGINEER
WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT ASSAM CHANDMARI GUWAHATI 03
NAGAON WATER RESOURCES CIRCLE NAGAON 782001
4:THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
MORIGAON WATER RESOURCES DIVISION MORIGAON 782105
5:THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
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JAGIROAD WATER RESOURCES SUB DIVISION JAGIROAD 78241
Advocate for the Petitioner : MR S MUKTAR
Advocate for the Respondent : SC. WATER RESOURCE DEPTT.
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ACHINTYA MALLA BUJOR BARUA
ORDER
Date : 02-11-2022
Heard Mr. S K Muktar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B Goswami, learned Additional Advocate General for the respondents in the Water Resources Department of the Government of Assam.
(1) Within 15 (fifteen) days from today, the concerned official of the State Government of Assam will communicate the supplementary budget passed in the last Assembly Session pertaining to the scheme to the competent authority of the Ministry of Jal
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Shakti, Government of India.
(2) Within 60 (sixty) days from the date of receipt of such communication, the Ministry of Jal Shakti to release the amount due under the schemes to the concerned Department of the Government of Assam.
(3) Upon receipt of the amount, bills of the writ petitioners shall be processed and cleared within a further period of 45 days.”
Writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms.
JUDGE
Comparing Assistant
Tapan Medhi S/O Late Amrit Medhi
The State of Assam
The Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Water Resource Department
The Chief Engineer, Water Resource Department Assam
The Superintending Engineer, Nagaon Water Resources Circle
The Executive Engineer, Morigaon Water Resources Division
Achintya Malla Bujor Barua
As recorded by the court registry
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