APHC010374582025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) 0i'0 0^ THURSDAY,THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY^ TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 19571 OF 2Q2fi " Between: M/s. Abhiyant, Rep. by its Managing Partner D Sree Rama Murthy, S/o. D Satyanarayana Murthy. Aged about 54 years, Occ; Contractor, R/o.D.No.8- 6-35, MeherJ-louse, Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam, Pincode 530026. ...PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Special Chief Department of Municipal Aifmlnistration Secretary And Urban Development Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District. 2. The State of Andhra Pradesh. Rep. by its Principal Secretary. Department of Finance'"''and Planning, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District. Secretariat Buildings 3. The Director of Municipal Administr^dn, District. Gorantia, Guntur, Guntur 4. The District Collector, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam 5. The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal CorpoV^ion Commissioner, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 6. The Superintending Engineer, District. , Rep. by its Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 7. The Executive Engineer-VIII, Greater Visakhapatnam^ Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District.- ' 8. The Chief Executive Officer, AP CFMS Office, ,^6“' Floor, C-Block Anjaneya Towers, Ibrahimpatnam, Krishna District. ...RESPONDENTS , Petition under Article 226 of the circumstances stated i Constitution of India praying that in the in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court pleased to issue a writ of mandamus may be any other appropriate writ or direction Respondents not releasing the or declaring the action of the amount of Rs.9,49,641/- vide M Book No. 338/2016-'>7. even after finalizing the bills payable to the petitioner in relation to the works i.e.. Construction of Communrty hall in Ward No 67, vide Agreement No.13o72''oi7-18/ E E-VI/ Dt 08.11.2'017 ,s questioned, as the same is illegal, arbitrary and direct the respondents to Book No. 338/2o16 consequently pay for payment o^mount of Rs.9,49,64T/- vide M -17 with interest @24% per annum for the delayed in respect of execution of above-mentioned amount to the petitioner i work forthwith. jA NO: 1 OF 2C)9fi Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated m the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct t e respondents to pay for payment of amount of Rs.9,49r6;i/- vide M 338/2016-17 with interest @24% per annum for the delayed amount to the petitioner in rejpect of execution of works i.e. Construction of mmunity hall in Ward No: 67, vide Agreement No.130/2017-18/ E 08.11.2017, forthwith, Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT. Counsel for the Respondent Nos. E-VI/ Dt. pending disposal of the Writ Petition. MODAPOTHULA SUMALATHA ^ 1,3 & 4: GP FOR MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT £s:SirsK:i,i * The Court made the following order: municipal corporations APHC010374582025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 19571/2025 [3457] Between: 1.ABHIYANT, REP. BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER D SREE RAMA S/O.D SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, AGED ABOUT 54 OCC CONTRACTOR, R/O.D.NO.8-6-35, MEHER HOUSE, MURTHY, YEARS, GAJUWAKA, VISAKHAPATNAM, PINCODE 530026. ...PETITIONER AND 1.THE STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDl, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2 THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PLANNING, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDl, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3.THE DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION, GORANTLA, GUNTUR, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 4.THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, VISAKHAPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 5.THE GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, REP. BY ITS COMMISSIONER, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 6.THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, VISAKHAPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 7 THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEERVIII, GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, VISAKHAPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM VISAKHAPATNAM, DISTRICT. 8.THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AP CFMS OFFICE, 6TH FLOOR, C-BLOCK, ANJANEYA TOWERS, DISTRICT. IBRAHIMPATNAM, KRISHNA ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ direction declaring the action of the Respondents not releasing the amount of Rs.9,49,641/- vide M Book No. 338/2016-17, even after finalizing the bills. or 2 'A payable to the petitioner in relation to the works i.e.. Construction of Community hall in Ward No 67, vide Agreement No. 130/2017-18/ E.E-VI/ Dt. 08.11.2017 is questioned, as the same is illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to pay for payment of amount of Rs.9,49,641/- vide M Book No. 338/2016-17 with interest @24percent per annum for the delayed amount to the petitioner in respect of execution of above-mentioned work forthwith and pass lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased please to direct the respondents to pay for payment of amount of Rs.9,49,641/- vide M Book No. 338/2016-17 with interest @24% per annum for the delayed amount to the petitioner in respect of execution of works i.e. Construction of Community hall in Ward No: 67, vide Agreement No.130/2017-18/ E.E-VI/ Dt. 08.11.2017, forthwdth, pending disposal of the Writ Petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1.MODAPOTHULA SUMALATHA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.GP FORMUNCIPALADMN URBAN DEV 2.GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING 3 Xhe Court made the following Order: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has th executed work of construction of community hall as entrusted by the 5 respondent-corporation vide Agreement No. 130/2017-18/E. E-VI dated 08.11.2017. It is submitted that the competent authority has also recorded the progress of work and certified the work in the M-Book. It is submitted that, in all, an amount of Rs.9,49,641/- is due and payable by the respondents to the petitioner. Though the work progress was recorded in the M-Book, no amounts have been forth coming. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner; the learned Assistant 2. Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Development; for the respondent Nos.1, 3, 4 and 8, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Finance and Planning, for the 2"'^ respondent and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Nos.5 to 7. Considering the submissions, the respondents 2 to 8 are hereby 3. directed to verify and release the payments due payable to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stajid closed. 5. Sd/- M.PRABHAKAR RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, Department of Municipai^dministration of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat 1. The Special Chief Secretary and Urban Development, State Buildings, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District. 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Finance ari^ Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi Guntur District. 3. The Director of Municipal Administration, GorantiaT Guntur, Guntur District. Planning, State of Amaravathi, 4. The District Collector, Visakhapatnam, Visakha^atnam District. 5. The Commissioner, Greater Visakhapatn'atfT Municipal Corporation Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Greater Visakhapatnam Corporation, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 9. The Executive Engineer-VIII, Municipal Greater Visakhapatnam'^unicipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam, Vis'Shapatnam District. 7. The Chief Executive Officer, AP CFMS Office, Floor, C-Block Anjaneya Towers, IbrahimpSnam, Krishna District. 8. One CC to Smt. Modapothula Sumalatha, Advocate [OPUC] 9. One CC to Sri A.S.C. Bose, SC for Municipal Corporations[OPUC ] 10. Two CCs to GP for Municipal Administration and Urban Development High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 11. Two CCs to GP for Finance and Pradesh [OUT] 12. Two CD Copies. Planning, High Court of Andhra ssb HIGH COURT I DATED:31/07/2025 ORDER WP No.19571 OF 2025 DISPOSING OF THE W.P. WITHOUT COSTS