APHC010399972024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 20313/2024 Between: 1. HABITATION WORKS COMMITTEE, AMMANABROLU AND KANAPARTHI REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, CHEBROLU HANUMANTHA RAO, S/O. CHEBROLU VENKATESWARLU, AGED 57 YEARS, R/O. RAVINUTHALA VILLAGE, KORISAPADU MANDAL, BAPATLA DISTRICT . ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE ANDHRA PRADESH CENTER FOR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND SERVICES, 3RD FLOOR, NIDHI BHAVAN, IT PARK, BESIDE APIIC TOWERS, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN CUM PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT 4. THE COLLECTOR AND DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ONGOLE. 2 5. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PRI DIVISION, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. 6. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MINES, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. 7. THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR MINES, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. 8. THE DIRECTOR OF WORKS AND ACCOUNTS, DIRECTORATE OF WORKS AND ACCOUNTS VIJAYAWADA, NTR DISTRICT. 9. THE PAY AND ACCOUNTS OFFICER, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. KAVITHA GOTTIPATI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV 2. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY 3. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING The Court made the following ORAL ORDER: Heard Smt. Kavitha Gottipati, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and Sri Panku Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj. 2. Sri Panku Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, has submitted the Written Instructions furnished by the Executive Engineer, PRI Division, Ongole, Prakasam District, dated 19.03.2025. Copy of it is supplied to the Counsel for the Writ Petitioner. The same is taken on record. 3. The Payment Summary in the Written Instructions would indicate that the total value of work done by the Writ Petitioner is Rs.29,65,759/-. The Statutory Recovery is for an amount of Rs.3,95,718/-, and that the balance amount due to the Petitioner is of Rs.25,70,041/-. 3 4. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner, having taken instructions from her client, is agreeable to accept the balance amount of Rs.25,70,041/- as full and final settlement on the condition that the said due amount may be directed to be remitted to the Writ Petitioner’s account as expeditiously as possible and also agreed that the Writ Petitioner will give-up the interest. 5. Having regard to the above facts, this Court deems it appropriate to allow this Writ Petition, directing the Official Respondents to pay a sum of Rs.25,70,041/- as full and final settlement within a period of 16 weeks from today, by completing all the inter-departmental administrative formalities by cooperation and coordination between all the concerned departments and transfer the said amount to the bank account of the Writ Petitioner within a period of four weeks thereafter. 6. Writ Petitioner is directed to submit the bank account details to the Competent Authority forthwith for effective compliance. 7. With these observations and directions, the 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 Date: 25.04.2025 JKS 4 57 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No. 20313 OF 2024 24.04.2025 JKS