1 APHC010129422025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] FRIDAY,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 6757/2025 Between: 1. PANGALURI HYMAVATHI,, W/O.RAMAKRISHNAIAH, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, R/O.NEAR HIGH SCHOOL CHINTAPALLI VILLAGE, KAREMPUDI MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT (EARLIER GUNTUR DISTRICT) ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, SECRETARIAT VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, NARASARAOPET, PALNADU DISTRICT (EARLIER GUNTUR). 4. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, RWS AND S CIRCLE, GUNTUR. 5. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, RWS AND S DIVISION NARASAROPET, PALNADU DISTRICT (EARLIER GUNTUR). 6. THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, RWS AND S SUBDIVISION, MACHERLA, PALNADU DISTRICT (EARLIER GUNTUR). 7. THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, RWS AND S SUB-DIVISION, KAREMPUDI, PALNADU DISTRICT (EARLIER GUNTUR). 8. THE CHINTAPALLI GRAM PANCHAYAT, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL 2 SECRETARY, REMIDICHERLA VILLAGE, BOLLAPALLI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT ( NOW PALNADU). R8 IS IMPLEADED AS PER THE COURT'S ORDER DT.04.07.2025 IN I.A.NO. 02 OF 2025. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. MANIKANTA THOTA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV 2. Mattegunta.Sudhir,Standing Counsel For Z.P.Ps,M.P.Ps,Gram Panchayats 3. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri Manikanta Thota, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner, Sri P. Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development and Finance Planning and Sri M. Sudhir, learned Standing Counsel for the Gram Panchayat. 2. Sri P. Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development and Finance Planning has submitted the Written Instructions furnished by the Executive Engineer, RWS&S Division, Narasaraopet, dated 10.07.2025. Copy of it is supplied to the Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and the same is taken on record. 3. The Payment Summary in the Written Instructions would indicate that the total value of work done by the Writ Petitioner is Rs.7,15,596.00/-. The Quality Control Recovery is for an amount of Rs.57,234.00 /- and that the balance amount due to the Petitioner is of Rs.6,58,362.00/-. 4. It is submitted that yesterday i.e., on 10.07.2025, an amount of Rs.4,38,908/- has been remitted to the account of the Writ Petitioner and the balance due to be paid is Rs.2,19,454/-. 3 5. Learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner, on instructions, confirms the receipt of the amount of Rs.4,38,908/- and would admit that the balance due is Rs.2,19,454/-. 6. Having regard to the above facts, this Court deems it appropriate to allow this Writ Petition, directing the Official Respondents to pay a sum of Rs.2,19,454/- as full and final settlement within a period of eight (8) weeks from today, by completing all the inter-departmental and intra-departmental administrative process by cooperation and coordination between all the concerned departments and transfer the said amount to the bank account of the Writ Petitioner within a period of four (04) weeks thereafter. 7. Writ Petitioner is directed to submit a copy of the bank account details to the Competent Authority forthwith, for effective compliance. 8. With these observations and directions, the Writ Petition stands allowed to the extent indicated. No order as to costs. 9. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Date: 11.07.2025 Vns