Shiv Kumar Chanani v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Shiv Kumar Chanani v. State of Bihar & Others (Building Construction Department), CWJC No.12750 of 2024, Patna High Court, decided 13-11-2024 by Justice A. Abhishek Reddy (oral order). Subject: non-payment of dues for completed public works despite departmental verification/preparation of final bills in June 2023 and an unanswered representation dated 10.04.2024 to the Executive Engineer, Central Division. Disposition: writ petition disposed of at admission with consent; Executive Engineer directed to decide the representation within eight weeks with reference to the Department-prepared final bills, pay admitted dues if genuine or pass a reasoned rejection order, after affording a hearing and communicating the result. No statute or precedent cited; no monetary quantum stated; merits expressly not entered into.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Respondent No. 3 (Executive Engineer, Central Division, Building Construction Department) to consider the petitioner's representation dated 10.04.2024 as expeditiously as possible, preferably within eight weeks, duly taking into account the final bills prepared by the Department; if the claim is found genuine, to arrange payment of the admitted dues, and if it is to be rejected, to pass a reasoned order; petitioner to be given an opportunity of hearing before any order, and any order to be communicated to him.