Pankaj Kumar Singh v. the State of Assam and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court; WP(C)/2755/2023; Pankaj Kumar Singh v. The State of Assam and 3 Ors (Secretary, Govt. of Assam/PWRD; Chief Engineer PWD (Border Road and NEC); Executive Engineer, PWD Digboi and Margherita Territorial Road Division; State Quality Co-ordinator PMGSY Assam); writ petition disposed/closed as infructuous; E-Marg portal; upload of petitioner's name pursuant to death of his father; Clause 55.2 of the General Clauses of the Contract; pending and unpaid bills for the work; PMGSY/PWD Assam; counsel S. K. Ghosh for petitioner, B. Gogoi Addl. AG/Standing Counsel PWD for respondents; Justice Devashis Baruah; order dated 15.05.2026; liberty preserved to avail appropriate remedies for non-payment of bills.
What did the court decide?
No relief on the relief originally sought; the writ petition was closed as infructuous, with an observation that the petitioner remains free to avail appropriate remedies if aggrieved by non-payment of the bills after being uploaded.