APHC010379652024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 19318/2024 Between: 1. PYDI NARASINGA RAO, S/O LATE LAKSHMI NARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, KESAVARAOPETA VILL AND PO, ETCHERLA MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYAT RAJ, AP SECRETARIAT, AMARAVATHI, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. COMMISSIONER, PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, TADEPALLI, GUNTUR. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, (DRAWING AND DISBURSING OFFICER) RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION, SRIKAKULAM DIVISION,SRIKAKULAM. CAUSE TITLE IS AMENDED AS PER THE COURT'S ORDER DT.13.11.2024 IN I.A.NO. 02 OF 2024. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M CHIRANJEEVI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 1. GP FOR REVENUE 2. GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV The Court made the following ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri M. Chiranjeevi, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and Sri Panuku Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development. 2. The present Writ Petition is filed by the Writ Petitioner seeking release of an amount of Rs.14,81,277/- for the civil contract work undertaken by the Writ Petitioner. 3. The Executive Engineer (Drawing and Disbursing Officer) has filed the Counter Affidavit admitting the claim of the Writ Petitioner. Para Nos.5 & 7 of the Counter Affidavit is usefully extracted hereunder: “5. It is submitted that, the petitioner has completed all the subject works and the bills were initiated by the concerned Dy. Executive Engineer and submitted to this office during March, 2024. The bills were scrutinized and passed for Rs.16,61,384/- with a net amount for Rs.14,81,277/- allowing all statutory Deductions of Rs.1,80,107/- and these bills were submitted to the Pay & Accounts Officer, Srikakulam, vide Bill No. 2023 - 2691975, 2023 - 2689955, 2023 - 2692420 & 2023 - 2681491. But, all the above four bills were returned to this office by the Pay & Accounts Officer, Srikakulam duly denoting remarks "As per Art.39 & 50 of AP Financial Code, Vol.I" as a Year-End Activity. 7. It is further submitted that as per the instructions of the Government, to process the bills for making payment trough "NIDHI PORTAL", the process of payment of bills has to be started right from the beginning i.e., Data has to be migrated from CFMS PHASE-II to NIDHI PORTAL and E- M.BOOK has to be generated again by the Section officer of that Mandal, Instructions have already been issued from this office for creation of E- M.BOOK and the departmental process has also been completed in this regard and submission of bills through NIDHI PORTAL for making payment to the Petitioner is pending in this office for want of budget under concerned Head of Account.” 4. The above extract would indicate that the Official Respondents have admitted the net claim of the Writ Petitioner to be of Rs.14,81,277/-. 3 5. Learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner would pray the Court to fix the time period for making the payment, as he would treat the amount of Rs.14,81,277/- as full and final settlement without claiming any interest. 6. Having regard to the above submission, there shall be a direction to the Official Respondents to complete the inter-departmental administrative process by co-operation and co-ordination between them, within a period of 14 (fourteen) weeks and transfer the due amount of Rs.14,81,277/- into the bank account of the Writ Petitioner within a period of 4 (four) weeks thereafter. Writ Petitioner is directed to furnish the bank account details to the competent authority. 7. With these observations and directions, this Writ Petition stands allowed. No order as to costs. 8.Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Dt: 22.04.2025 JKS 4 49 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No. 19318 OF 2024 22.04.2025 JKS