APHC010158842025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] THURSDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 8466/2025 Between: 1. SRI JADDU RADHA KRISHNA, S/O NAGESHWARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/O D/NO 2/30, GOLLAPALEM, NELAKURRU, PO CHINNAPURAM, KRISHNADISTRICT. 521001. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYAT RAJ ANDF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SECRETCIRIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, P.R.I DIVISION, MACHILIPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 5. THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, P.R.I SUB-DIVISION, 2 MACHILIPATNAM, MACHILIPATNAM MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 6. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, P.R.I SUB-DMSION, MACHILIPATNAM, MACHIHPATNAM MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. VARDHINEEDI SAI KIRAN Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV 2. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri Vardhineedi Sai Kiran, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and Sri P. Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development. 2. The present Writ Petition is filed seeking release of the amounts pending with regard to the final bill along with interest. The total amount claimed by the Writ Petitioner is Rs.10,77,843/-. 3. Sri P. Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development has submitted the Written Instruction furnished by the Executive Engineer, PRI Division, Machilipatnam. Copy of it 3 is supplied to the Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and the same is taken on record. 4. The Payment Summary of the Written Instruction would indicate that the value of the total work done by the Writ Petitioner is for a sum of Rs.13,24,546/-. An amount of Rs.1,47,202/- has been withheld for the purpose of Quality Control as well as for Tax Recovery. 5. The Official Respondents would admit that the Writ Petitioner is entitled for an amount of Rs.11,77,344/- as full and final settlement which includes interest, if any. 6. Sri Vardhineedi Sai Kiran, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner, on instructions, would submit that the Writ Petitioner would accept the sum of Rs.11,77,344/- as full and final settlement (which also includes the interest component) on the condition that the amounts are paid to the Writ Petitioner expeditiously. 7. In this view of the matter, the Official Respondents are directed to complete the entire inter-departmental administrative process by coordination and cooperation with each other within a period of twelve (12) weeks from today. The Official Respondents shall then transfer an amount of 4 Rs.11,77,344/-, as full and final settlement into the Bank Account of the Writ Petitioner within a period of four (04) weeks thereafter. 8. The Writ Petitioner is directed to submit the Bank details of his Bank Account to the Official Respondents within one (01) week, for effective compliance. 9. With these observations and directions, the Writ Petition stands allowed. There shall be no order as to costs. 10. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Dt: 17.04.2025 SCH 5 64 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO.8466 OF 2025 17.04.2025 SCH