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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7188 of 2021
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Arun Kumar Singh S/o Late Rajeshwar Singh, R/o Village - Panchbhirawa, P.O. Madhoul, P.S. - Saraiya, District - Muzaffarpur.
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Versus
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s For the Respondent/s
: Mr.Raju Kumar, Advocate : Mr. Uday Bhan Singh, AC to GP-19
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER
2 05-10-2021
The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:-
“(i) To issue an appropriate order/s direction/s including a writ preferably in the nature of Mandamus commanding and directing upon the respondents to make payment of admitted dues of the petitioner amounting to Rs. 39,547/- (Rupees Thirty Nine thousand Five hundred and Forty Seven) only in lieu of works completed by the petitioner within time against contract entered with the petitioner and respondent no. 5 vide Agreement No. 20F2/2019-20 for Statutory/Non statutory of 125, 95, 97, 98 and 96 Vidhan Sabha (A Block) for Lok Sabha Election, Muzaffarpur.
(ii) To direct the respondents to make the payment of
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aforesaid admitted dues of the petitioner hence forthwith which has been wrongly and illegally withheld by the respondents.
(iii) To direct the respondents to make the payment of penal interest on the aforementioned dues to the petitioner on account of delay and laches on the part of the respondents.”
At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner would be approaching the respondent no. 5 i.e. Executive Engineer, Building Division, Muzaffarpur for redressal of his aforesaid grievances, however, the respondent no. 5 be directed to dispose off the representation of the petitioner within a stipulated time frame.
Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed off as not pressed, however, with liberty to the petitioner to file appropriate representation before the respondent no. 5 and in case such a representation is filed within a period of four weeks from today, the same shall be disposed off by a reasoned and speaking order, in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks, thereafter.
(Mohit Kumar Shah, J)
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Arun Kumar Singh
The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Building Construction Department Bihar, Patna
The Chief Engineer, Building Division, North Bihar, Patna
The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur
The Superintending Engineer, Building Division, Muzaffarpur Circle, Muzaffarpur
The Executive Engineer, Building Division, Muzaffarpur
MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
As recorded by the court registry
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