Serial No.172 Supp. Cause List HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) No. 3041/2022 M/S ALAMDAR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORKS ……...Petitioner(s) Through: None Versus UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ORS. (JAL SHAKTI/PHE DEPARTMENT). .……Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Jehangir Ah. Dar, GA with Ms. Shaila Shamim, Adv. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE WASIM SADIQ NARGAL, JUDGE ORDER 29.04.2026 1. The instant petition has been preferred by the petitioner in which following relief has been sought: “By issuance of a writ, order or direction one in the nature of mandamus, the Respondents be commanded to release the bill payment of Rs. 6,90,900/- for contract work of “Electrical and mechanical works to be carried out at Water Supply Scheme Delina under NDWP/JJM” vide allotment order dated 17.03.2022 issued by respondent No. 4 which has been successfully completed by the petitioner as same shall be in the interest of justice and equity. By issuance of a writ, order or direction one in the nature of mandamus, the Respondents be commanded to pay interest @ 18% per annum over the bill payment of Rs. 6,90,900/- from the date of submission of Final bill till the date of its payment into the petitioner as same shall be in the interest of justice and equity. Any other writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper under the circumstances of the case may also be passed in favour of the petitioner and against the respondents as same shall be in the interest of justice and equity”. 2. While the matter was being argued, Mr. Jehangir Ah. Dar, learned GA appearing on behalf of the respondents, draw the attention of this Court to the interim order dated 31.12.2022. A perusal whereof reveals that the Court had directed that the respondents shall be well within their rights to consider the claim of the petitioner for the purpose of ordering release of the admitted amount of liability, in case there is no other disentitlement against the petitioner for claiming the said admitted liability of Rs. 06,90,900/- (Rupees six lakhs ninety thousand nine hundred only. 3. Mr. Jehangir Ah. Dar, learned GA, fairly submitted that in compliance with the aforesaid order passed by this Court, the respondents have released the admitted liability claimed by the petitioner through the medium of the instant petition, and accordingly, an amount of Rs. 06,90,900/- stands released in favour of the petitioner. Since the admitted liability to the tune of Rs. 06,90,900/- has been released, the writ petition, according to Mr. Jehangir Ah. Dar, learned GA, has been rendered infructuous as the grievance projected by the petitioner stands redressed. This may be the reason that there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner in the instant matter. 4. In light of the statement made by Mr. Jehangir Ah. Dar, learned GA, nothing remains to be adjudicated. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of along with all connected applications. (WASIM SADIQ NARGAL) JUDGE Srinagar 29.04.2026 Sakeena