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Ms Bhatri Traders v. the State of Assam

Gauhati HC9 Jun 2026WP(C)/679/2026

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What is this about?

A supplier firm sought payment of Rs.47,50,964/- as outstanding dues against supply of motor vehicle spare parts and accessories to the Guwahati Police from November 2020 to March 2022. Respondents verified the bills and admitted the claim. The Court directed payment within six months.

What did the court decide?

Rs.47,50,964/- payable within 6 months with statutory deductions; interim payments to be set off.

Ms Bhatri Traders Vs the State of Assam — Service and Employment | Gauhati HC (2026)

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GAHC010004522026

2026:GAU-AS:8283

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

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Case No. : WP(C)/679/2026

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MS BHATRI TRADERS

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REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR TRIPUL BARMAN, HAVING ITS OFFICE ADDRESS AT GANGA PATH, ANANDAPUR, HENGRABARI, GUWAHATI-06, DISTRICT-KAMRUP M, ASSAM.

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VERSUS

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THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, HOME DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, DISPUR, GUWAHATI 05, ASSAM.

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2:THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ASSAM POLICE HEADQUARTER ULUBARI GUWAHATI-07 DIST- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 3:COMMISSIONER OF POLICE GUWAHATI-CITY GUWHATI-01 DIST- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM

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4:DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (ADMINISTRATION GUWAHATI CITY KAMRUP METRO ASSAM

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5:ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (RESERVE) GUWAHATI CITY

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KAMRUP METRO ASSA

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Advocate for the petitioner(s): Mr. R Saha

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Advocate for the respondent(s): Mr. K Gogoi

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Addl. Senior Govt. Advocate, Assam

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B E F O R E

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HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH

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ORDER

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10.06.2026

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Heard Mr. R Saha, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners. Also heard Mr. K Gogoi, the learned Addl. Senior Govt. Advocate, Assam.

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The petitioners have stated that the petitioner No. 1 is a firm which deals in supply of office materials and hardware articles, electronic equipments, bamboo products and motor vehicle spare parts and accessories, etc. In the course of business, they had supplied motor vehicle spare parts and accessories to the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati pursuant to the work orders issued by the said Office, annexed as Annexure-A series to the writ petition, from time to time. It is the case of the petitioners that despite

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submissions of bills, the respondent authorities have not released the entire bill amount to the petitioners. As a result of which, an outstanding due against the supply of various motor vehicles spare parts amounting to Rs.47,50,964/- still remains to be paid to the petitioners. As the above outstanding amounts against the supply have not been disbursed, despite repeated approaches being made and submission of representations by the petitioners before the respondent authorities, the instant writ petition has been filed.

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This Court vide the order dated 11.02.2026 issued notice seeking a response from the respondent authorities. In pursuance thereto, an affidavit-in-opposition has been filed by the respondent No.3 i.e. the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admn), Guwahati. In the said affidavit at paragraph No.5, it is mentioned that the bills for the period from November, 2020 to March 2022 have been verified to ascertain the authenticity of the claim of the petitioners and there are no differences between the claim made by the petitioners and records available in the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati and, accordingly, the bills have already been forwarded to the Assam Police Headquarters for necessary sanction and release. Paragraph 5 of the said affidavit-in-opposition being relevant is quoted hereinunder:

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“5. That with regards to the statements made in paragraph Nos. 5 to 9 of the writ petition, the answering deponent begs to state that M/S Bhatri Traders has claimed an amount of Rs. 47,50,064/- (Rupees Forty Seven Lakh Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty

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Four) only as outstanding dues against the supply of various motor vehicles spare parts during the period from November"2020 to March"2022 as per the indents issued time to time by the authorised officer i.e the Respondent No. 5, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Reserve, Police Commissionerate, Guwahati. The petitioner also claimed that he has submitted bills on various dates after execution of supply order for payment, but the outstanding amount against the supply is not paid by the authority and as such the amount dues are increasing day by day.

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The Deponent further begs to state that considering the claim made by the petitioner and in response to the direction issued by the Hon’ble Court in its Order dated 11.02.2026, the relevant records of Police Reserve as well as records maintained in this office were examined to ascertain the authenticity of the claim of the petitioner. During examination of the records, it is found that petitioner has supplied various spare parts required for repairing of Govt vehicles allotted by the Home Department. The scrutiny of records reveals that month's wise bills against the supply of motor parts submitted by the petitioner from November, 2020 to March, 2022 are in order and there are no differences between the claim made by the petitioner and records available in this office. It reveals from the record that monthly wise bills have already been forwarded to the Assam Police Headquarters to accord approval of sanction as well as allotment of fund from 04.12.2021, but approval of sanction against the proposals are yet to be received, as such the claim amounts are pending.

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The details of the proposals submitted to the Assam Police Headquarters from 04.12.2021 are as follows:

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			M/S(04-0	8)2020-21
SL.No.	NAME of	MONTH	AMOUNT	MEMO NO.
	FIRM
1		Nov-2020	439100	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2021/6412 04.12.2021	Dtd.
2		Dec-2020	219273	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2021/6597	Dtd.

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				14.12.2021
3		Dec-2020 2	48520	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2021/6596 14.12.2021	Dtd.
	TOTAL	9	06893 2021-	22
4		May-2021	333959	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022/3212 29.07.2022	Dtd.
5	M/s.	June-2021	216500	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022/3211	Dtd.
	Bharati Traders			29.07.2022
6		July-2021	302668	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022/4546 26.09.2022	Dtd.
7		August-2021	477535	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022-23/6399 15.11.2022	Dtd.
8		Sept-2021	301870	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022-23/6522 22.11.2022	Dtd.
9		Oct-2021	278983	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022-23/5862 16.12.2022	Dtd.
10		Oct-2021	230816	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022-23/5861 16.12.2022	Dtd.
11		Nov-2021	211390	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022-23/5864 16.12.2022	Dtd.
12		Nov-2021	305870	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV/2022-23/5863 16.12.2022	Dtd.
13		Dec-2021	299310	ECP/Acctts./Contg/M.V.(liabilities)/2023	-

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		24/6102-10 Dtd. 16.11.2023
14 Jan-2022	222190	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV(BT)/2023/214 Dtd. 27.01.2023
15 Jan-2022	237920	ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV(BT)/2023/215 Dtd. 27.01.2023
16 Feb-2022	248780	Re-Sub ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV(BT)/08/2023/1335 Dtd. 27.02.2024
17 March-2022	176280	Re-sub ECP/Acctts./Contg/MV(BT)/08/2023/1335 Dtd. 27.02.2024
Total	3844071
Grand Total	4750964

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It is the opinion of this Court that as the amount of Rs.47,50,964/- has been duly verified and it is found that the petitioner is entitled to for the period from November 2020 to March 2022, appropriate directions can be issued to the respondent authorities for payment within a reasonable period.

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Accordingly the instant writ petition stands disposed of with the following observations and directions:

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(i). The petitioners are entitled to the amount of Rs.47,50,964/- as admitted by the respondents.

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(ii). The said amount of Rs.47,50,964/- be paid to the petitioners

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after making such statutory deductions, if so required within a period of 6(six) months from the date a certified copy of the instant order is served upon the respondent No.2 i.e. the Director General of Police, Assam.

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(iii). Any amount so paid during the pendency of the present writ petition towards the dues of the petitioners shall be set off while making payment to the petitioners.

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JUDGE

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