Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:44112-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7090 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashutosh Kumar Singh Chauhan Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Irrigation Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ram Kumar Singh,Vishwas Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J. 1. Heard. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that inspite of recommendation of opposite party no.5 for payment of 75 per cent of security amount deposited by the petitioner at the time of award of tender/ work order, the same is not being released by opposite party no.4. 3. Learned Standing Counsel says that there is C.B.I. investigation pending in the matter whereas petitioner's counsel says that this aspect has been taken into consideration by opposite party no.5 in his recommendation. 4. Be that as it may, whatever decision is to be taken in the matter should be taken and communicated to the petitioner in writing, within fifteen days, by opposite party no.4 if he is competent otherwise whosoever is competent will do so and to facilitate this exercise, opposite party nos.4 or 5 as the case may be shall forward the matter to the said competent authority. It is open for the petitioner to move an application before opposite party no.4 or whosoever is competent in this regard. 5. With these observations/ direction, the writ petition is disposed of. (Jaspreet Singh,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 30.7.2025 Shanu/- Digitally signed by :- SHANU SUMAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench