APHC010422142024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY,THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 21668 OF 2024 Between: 1. KETHA VENKATA RAMANA REDDY, S/o. K.V. Subba Reddy Aged about 47 years, Occ- Contractor, R/o. Plot.No. 301, Sri Siri Avenue, Maruthi Co-op Colony, Patamata, Vijayawada, N.T.R. District. ...Petitioner AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, Rep. by its Principal Secretary Housing Department Secretariat, Velagapudi, Amaravati, Guntur District. 2. The A P State Housing Corporation Ltd, Nirman Bhavan, Auto Nagar, Vijayawada, N.T.R. District. Rep. by its Managing Director. 3. The Project Director, A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd Vijayawada, N.T.R District.. 4. The District HeadHousing, Vijayawada, N.T.R. District. 5. The District Collector, ( PR) Wing Vijayawada, N.T.R. District. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Vijayawada, N.T.R. District. 7. The Executive Engineer, , Panchayat Raj (PRI) Division, Vijayawada, N.T.R. District 8. The State of Andra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal secretary. Finance department. Secretariat buildings, Velagapudi, ..Respondent/sGuntur District. Amaravati. ...Respondents 2 Counsel for the Petitioner: PAMARTHI KAMESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY R Counsel for the Respondents:GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV Counsel for the Respondents:GP FOR HOUSING Counsel for the Respondents:GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING The Court made the following ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri Pamarthi Kameswara Rao, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner; Sri Panuku Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Finance & Planning and Sri P. Soma Raju, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Housing Corporation. 2. The present Writ Petition is filed by the Writ Petitioner seeking to release an amount of Rs.7,77,799/-. 3. The Respondent No.3 has filed the Counter Affidavit on behalf of Respondent Nos.2 & 3 along with certain material papers. Para Nos.3 & 4 of the Counter Affidavit would clearly admit the liability on the part of the Official Respondents insofar as the claim made by the Writ Petitioner is concerned. Vide Proceeding dated 06.06.2025, the Managing Director of Respondent No.2 Corporation had addressed a letter to the Special Chief Secretary to Government, Housing Department bearing Lr.No.624/APSHCL/E&P/Critical Infra/2024/General/Court Cases to release the fund for the purpose of disbursing the said amount to the Writ Petitioner herein. Since the claim of the Writ Petitioner has been admitted and that the Managing Director of Respondent No.2 has already addressed a letter to the Special Chief Secretary to Government, Housing Department on 06.06.2025, there shall be a direction to the Special Chief Secretary to Government, Housing Department (Respondent No.1) to complete the entire administrative process, Inter-departmental and Intra-departmental, within a period of 12 weeks from today and transfer the amount to the account of the Writ Petitioner within four weeks thereafter. Writ Petitioner is directed to submit the bank details to the Respondent No.2 within one week from today for effecting such transfer. 3 4. With these observations and directions, this Writ Petition stands allowed. No order as to costs. 5.Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Dt: 15.07.2025 JKS 4 69 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No. 21668 OF 2024 15.07.2025 JKS