Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:62737-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9107 of 2025 Petitioner :- M/S Civil Associates Respondent :- State Of Uttar Pradesh And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anand Kumar Upadhyay,Punit Kumar Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Krishna Agarawal,Narendra Kumar Tiwari Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. Heard counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has confined his prayer only to the extent that the representation dated February 7, 2021 submitted by the petitioner for payment of the work done by it may be directed to be decided expeditiously. 3. Upon hearing the counsel appearing on behalf of the parties and perusing the record, we are of the view that the prayer of the petitioner is innocuous and may be granted. 4. Accordingly, the respondent No.4, being the Chief Engineer (Distribution), Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Prayagraj, is directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner dated February 7, 2021 in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from date. An opportunity of hearing should be granted to the petitioner before passing a reasoned order. 5. We make it clear that from the record it appears that the payments are due to the petitioner and unnecessary delay is caused by the respondent authorities. Accordingly, once a reasoned order is passed on the representation of the petitioner and the petitioner is found entitled for the payment, the payment should be made to the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of passing of a reasoned order on the representation of the petitioner. 6. With these directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 24.4.2025 Rakesh (Dr. Y.K. Srivastava, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- RAKESH MEHTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad