Contractor sought payment of admitted bills for works executed for the Mandal Parishad Development Officer under the Special Development Fund. The Government Pleader submitted the admitted bills had been paid. Recording this submission, the High Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, without costs.
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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)
TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA
WRIT PETITION NO: 25914 OF 2016
Between:
P. Ravi, S/o. Chinna Komuraiah, Aged 33 years, Occ Business, Rl/o. Vanamala Kanparthi Village, Hanumakonda lvlandal, Warangal District. ...PETITIONER
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...RES'.NDENTS
Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to lssue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to pay the admitted bills to the petitioner in respect. of the works executed by the petitioner mentioned at Sl.No.1 in the sanctioned proceedings Rc.No.405/5DFlCP0l2013-14, dated 18-122013 ol the 2nd respondent, with interest @ 9% without reference to the Memo No.13/Plg.Xl/SDF12014, dated 25-06-2014 issued by the 1st respondent and declare the action of the respondents in not making payments to thepetitioner of admitted bills in respect of other similarly situated contractors as illegal and violation of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of lndia.
l.A. NO: 1 OF 2016(WPMP. NO: 32028OF 2016)
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may bepleased direct the respondents to forthwith release the admitted bills of thepetitioner for the work
executed by thepetitioner mentioned at Sl. No. 1 in thesanction proceedings Rc.No.405/SDBlCPOl2013-14, dated .18-12-2013 of the 2ndrespondent, with interest @ 9% without reference to the Memo No.13/Plg.XI/SDF12014,dated 25- 06-2014 issued by the 1st respondent,pending disposal ofthe above writ petition.
Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI K.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2: GP FORFINANCE& PLANNING Counsel for the Respondent No.3: SRI G.NARENDERR'EDDY, SC FOR MPPZPP
The Court made the following: ORDER
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HON'BLE SRI JUSTICENAGESHBHEEMAPAKA
WRIT PETITIONNo.259L4 of 2OL6
ORDER:
Petitioner executedcertain worksundera Contractual Agreement with the3'drespondent-Mandal Parishad Development OIIicer,Hanumakonda Mandal, WarangalDistrict' undertheSpecialDevelopmentFund.Itishisgrievancethatthe admittedbills related to the completedworks have not been paid to him. Hencethe presentwrit petition'
"Pending disposalof the writ petition,as the petitioner claimsthat the amounts due are under admitted bills, thereshall be a direction to the respondentauthoritiesto verify and quantify the amounts dueto the petitioner in terms of the amounts,if any, shall be paid to the petitioner withinfour weeks from the date of receipt of a coPYof this order."
representing respondentNos.1 and 2 submitsthat respondent- authorities paid theadmitted bills for the works executed by the
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petitioner and therefore, the cause in the writ petition does not
surrrive for adj udication.
5 Recording the said submission, this Writ Petition is
dismissed as infructuous. No costs.
Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand
closed.
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SD/-S. MALLIKARJUNA RAO RAR ^T[-r.;;
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To 1. One CC to SRI K.SRINIVAS, Advocate [OPUC I 2. Two CCs to GP FOR FINANCE & PLANNING, H igh Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad. [OUT] 3. One CC to SRI G.NARENDER REDDY, SC FOR MPPZPP [OPUC]
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the State could be directed to pay admitted bills for works executed under the Special Development Fund.
P. Ravi
The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Planning (IX) Department
The District Collector/Chief Planning Officer, Warangal
The Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Mandal Praja Parishad, Hanumakonda Mandal, Warangal District
Nagesh Bheemapaka
As recorded by the court registry
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