Ashok Das v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Contractor payment dues; Public Health Division, Darbhanga; writ petition allowed; direction to pay within six weeks; supplementary counter-affidavit admission of Rs. 11,20,537/- due against executed work; allotment of Rs. 18,95,800/- sought vide Letter No. 1349 dated 08.04.2026; State of Bihar; Department of Disaster Management; District Magistrate Darbhanga; Block Development Officers of Jale, Kewati, Tardih, Baheri, Alinagar, Gaurda Bauram, Kiratpur, Kusheshwar Asthan, Kusheshwar Asthan East and Benipur; Patna High Court CWJC No.12877 of 2025; decided 15-06-2026; single judge A. Abhishek Reddy, J.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent authority to make the necessary payments to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. ¶33