M/S N K Enterprises Thro Its Proprietor Lal Chandra Kishore Nath Shahdeo v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Payment of contractor's dues; Building Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand; Executive Engineer; construction of Sentry Post and Police barrack, Governor's House, Ranchi; administrative approval and measurement dated 05.10.2009; unpaid bills and representations; fresh representation to be decided in accordance with law; parity with M/s. Kumar Construction; W.P.(C) No. 5611 of 2019; order dated 11.07.2022; release of admissible amount within two weeks; writ disposed of with directions, no adjudication on merits. High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, W.P.(C) No. 426 of 2023, decided 18.03.2024, coram Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Deepak Roshan, JJ.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to submit a fresh representation before respondent no. 4 (Executive Engineer) with necessary details within four weeks; respondent no. 4 to dispose of the representation in accordance with law within four weeks, taking into consideration the case of M/s. Kumar Construction in W.P.(C) No. 5611 of 2019; if the reasoned order is affirmative, the admissible amount payable to the petitioner is to be released within two weeks from disposal of the representation.