1 APHC010174262025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 9010 OF 2025 Between: 1.GADDAM SRINIVASA PRASAD, S/O.G.PRABHAKARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS OCC CONTRACTOR, R/O.MANIKYAMMA NAGAR BAPATIA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS VELAGAPUDI,AMARAVATHI,GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3.THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT 4.THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PANCHAYAT RAJ DIVISION, TENALI 5.THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PRI SUBDIVISION, PONNURU 6.THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER, MANDAL PARISHAD, CHEBROLU 7.THE PAY AND ACCOUNTS OFFICER, GUNTUR DISTRICT, GUNTUR. 2 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1.KALLA GUNA SEKHAR 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 Kalla Guna Sekhar, Ld. Counsel Ld. Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and Sri Panuku Rajesh Kumar, Ld. Asst. Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development and Finance & Planning. 2. The present Writ Petition is filed for recovery of an amount of Rs.1,40,339/-. 3. Sri Rajesh Kumar, Ld. Asst. Government Pleader has submitted the Written Instructions dated 23.06.2025 furnished by the Executive Engineer, PR Division, Tenali. Copy of it is supplied to the Ld. Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and the same is taken on record. 4. The Written Instruction would indicate that under the ‘Payment Summary’ table, the value of the work done by the Writ Petitioner is for an amount of Rs.1,77,125/- (Gross amount). It is submitted that the QC recovery/withheld amount has to be made for a sum of Rs.39,684/- and that the Official Respondents are now willing to pay Rs.1,37,441/- (Net amount), as full and final settlement. 5. Ld. Counsel for the Writ Petitioner, on instruction, would submit that the Writ Petitioner is willing to accept the said amount as full and final settlement on the condition that the said amount is paid to the Writ Petitioner as expeditiously as possible. 3 6. Having regard to the these submissions, there shall be a direction to the Official Respondents to pay the due amount of Rs.1,37,441/- as full and final settlement to the Writ Petitioner by completing the administrative formalities through proper coordination and cooperation between the concerned Departments within a period of six (06) weeks from today and remit the above said due amount to the Bank account of the Writ Petitioner within four (04) weeks thereafter and inform the same to the Writ Petitioner forthwith. 7. The Writ Petitioner is directed to submit the details of Bank account to the Competent Authority within one week for effective compliance. 8. With these observations and directions, this Writ Petition stands allowed. No order as to costs. 9. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Dt: 24.06.2025 Mnr 4 137 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 9010 OF 2025 Dt: 24.06.2025 Mnr