Binod Kumar Singh v. the State of Jharkhand through Its Principal Secretary Irrigation Department
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Binod Kumar Singh v. State of Jharkhand & others (Water Resources/Irrigation Department; Swarnrekha Project, Chandil) – W.P.(C) No.924 of 2024, decided 17.07.2025 by Rajesh Shankar, J., High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi. Subject: release of withheld/security amount from work-done payments with statutory interest; pending representation for payment of security amount and extension of time; respondents' counter affidavit that all admissible payments including running bills made except security amount, withheld owing to petitioner's delay in completing work. Held: no forfeiture order on record; petition disposed of with liberty to petitioner to apply to Executive Engineer, Mechanical Division, Chandil, who to verify records, afford hearing, and decide within six weeks. Bench: single Judge. Counsel: V. P. Singh, Sr. Advocate and Shio Narayan Singh for petitioner; Ashutosh Anand (AC to GP-IV) for the State.