1 2025:CGHC:1529 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 5804 of 2024 1 - Satyendra Singh Class A Contractor Through Its Proprietor Satyendra Singh S/o Late Shri Sadhu Sharan Singh, Aged About 56 Years, Office At Near District Hospital, Purani Toli, Jashpur Nagar, District-Jashpur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Ministry Of Road Transport And Highway Through Its Regional Officer, N.H. Campus, Pension Bada, Raipur, District-Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, P.W.D. Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Executive Engineer, National Highway Zone, P.W.D. Ambikapur, District-Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. Vivek Verma, Advocate For Respondent No.1 : Mr. Ramakant Mishra, D.S.G.I. with Ms. Jyoti Singh, Central Govt. Counsel. For Respondents/State : Mr. Shreyansh Mehta, Panel Lawyer. AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2025.01.09 17:30:34 +0530 2 Hon'ble Justice Shri Bibhu Datta Guru Order on Board 09/01/2025 1. By this present writ petition, the petitioner is seeking a direction towards the respondent authorities to release the undisputed bill amounting to Rs.1,31,00,676/- in favour of the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner pursuance to the online tender dated 20/12/2023 for maintenance work of road from Patthalgaon to Kunkuri, N.H. No.43 under the risk and cost of original contractor has executed the work allotted to him by the allotment letter dated 15/03/2024. For the said work done by the petitioner vide communication dated 17/10/2024, the Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, PWD Raipur requested the Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway to release the bill raised by the petitioner towards the work done by him. In spite of the request for payment of the said amount by the the Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, PWD Raipur, the payment are not being made by the respondent to the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the State has not objected the communication dated 17/10/2024 which has been sent to the Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent No.1 submits that after the communication of the Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, PWD Raipur dated 17/10/2024, the office of the Regional Officer, 3 Ministry of Road Transport & Highway asked the Chief Engineer to certify the entire amount proposed in the maintenance bills, has been recovered from the EPC Contractor along with the certificate that the entire amount has been utilized for maintenance of national highway and there is no overlapping in maintenance work carried out by the EPC contractor, Maintenance Contractor under Agreement 1 and Agreement 2 and the Office of the Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway stated that after the said certification, the bill will be process accordingly. 5. I have heard learned counsel for both the parties. 6. Having considered the submission made by learned counsel for the parties and also gone through the communication which has been referred by the petitioner as well as the respondent authorities which is very clear that the Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, PWD Raipur has requested the Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway for payment of the R.A. bill work to the Contractor i.e. present petitioner Satyendra Singh Class “A” Contractor, Jashpur. However, the Assistant Engineer, Office of the Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway asked the Chief Engineer to submit a certification to this regard. Looking to the letter of Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway, it is directed that the Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, PWD Raipur shall issue such certification within a period of ten days from today to the Office of the Regional 4 Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway. On the event of submission of the such certification by the Chief Engineer, National Highway Zone, PWD Raipur, the Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway shall release the amount to the petitioner within a period of further 15 days from today. 7. With the aforesaid observation(s) and direction(s), the writ petition is disposed. SD/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Amardeep