Victous (a Wireless Research And Service Company) v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5076 of 2024; decided 02-08-2024; Justice A. Abhishek Reddy (oral order); petitioner Victous (A Wireless Research And Service Company) through Director Ravi Kant (counsel Bijay Bhushan Prasad, Ashok Kumar); respondents State of Bihar (Urban Development Department) and Patna Municipal Corporation (counsel Sumant Kumar Singh for State; Prasoon Sinha for PMC); subject: recovery of Rs. 24,59,235/- due for material supplied under work order Memo No. 154 dated 05.10.2019 plus 14% interest; outcome: writ petition disposed of with liberty to file representation within four weeks; Respondent No. 2 to consider and pay if genuine or pass reasoned rejection order; exercise preferably within eight weeks; hearing to be afforded; order to be communicated. No statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file a representation with supporting documents within four weeks; Respondent No. 2 directed to consider it and pass necessary orders — arranging payment if the claim is genuine or passing a reasoned rejection order otherwise — completing the exercise preferably within eight weeks, affording the petitioner an opportunity of hearing and communicating the order to the parties.