IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 26300 OF 2024 Between: Puppala Venkata Surya Narasimha Rao, Rao, S/o.Brahmaiah, Aged about 51 years, Occ: Business, R/o.Neelipudi Village, Kruthivennu, Krishna District. ...PETITIONER AND 1. The State of AP, Rep.by Its Principal Secretary - Panchayat Raj, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 2. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary - Finance Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 3. The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Tadepalli, Guntur District. 4. The Superintending Engineer (SE), PR Circle - Vijayawada, 0pp. PWD Grounds, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5. The Executive Engineer (EE), Panchayat Raj Department, PRI Division, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 6. The Deputy Executive Engineer (Dy.EE), Panchayat Raj Department, PRI Sub Division, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 7. Neelipudi Gram Panchayat,* Neelipudi, Kruthivennu Mandal, Krishna District, Rep by its Panchayat Secretary. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may ■/f / ■ be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the payment for the work undertaken by the petitioner for providing CC road from Gudapalli Nagamohana House to Ch.Nagalakshmi House in Neelipudi Village of Kruthivennu Mandal, Krishna District covered under the M-Book NO.681A/2018-19 for the bill amount Rs.2,56,252/- under the grant of MGNREGS + SDF funds as illegal, arbitrary and violation of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India arid further direct the respondents to pay the bill amount forthwith to the petitioner along with 24% per annum. lA NO: 1 OF 2024 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant interim direction directing the respondents to pay the amount covered under the respective order passed in the M-book for the bill amount of Rs.2,56,252/- covered under the M-Book No.681A/2018-19 under the grant of MGNREGS+SDF funds to the petitioner forthwith along with 24% per annum, pending disposal of the above writ petition. ^ Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI B V ANJANEYULU Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1, 3 to 6: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV Counsel for the Respondent No.2: GP FOR FINANCE & PLANNING Counsel for the Respondent No.7: SRI Y KOTESWARA RAO (SC FOR ZPPS, MPPS & GP) The Court made the following: ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 26300 OF 2024 The Court made the following ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri Shaik Mukthiyar, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of Sri 1 B.V. Anjaneyulu, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and Sri P. Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development and Finance & Planning. 2. Sri P. Rajesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for has submitted the Written Instructions furnished by the Executive Engineer, PRI Division, Machilipatnam, dated 29.04.2025. Copy of it is supplied to the Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and 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.3,07,145/-. The Quality controlAA/ithheld amount is for an amount of Rs.50,893/-, and that the balance amount due to the Petitioner is of Rs.2,56,252/-. 4. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner, having taken instructions from his client, is agreeable to accept the balance amount of Rs.2,56,252/- as full and final settlement on the condition that the said due amount may be directed to be remitted to the Writ Petitioner as expeditiously as possible. 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.2,56,252/- as full and final settlement within a period of twelve (12) 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 (04) weeks thereafter. 6. Writ Petitioner is directed to submit a copy of the bank account details to the Competent Authority forthwith, for effective compliance. 2 With these observations and directions, the Writ Petition stands allowed. No order as to costs. 7. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. 8. Sd/- M PRABHAKAR RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR SECTIONOFFICER //TRUE COPY// To, 1. The Principal Secretary - iPanchayat Raj, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 2. The Principal Secretary - Finance Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 3. The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Tadepalli, Guntur District. 4. The Superintending Engineer (SE), PR Circle - Vijayawada, 0pp. PWD Grounds, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5. The Executive Engineer (EE), Panchayat Raj Department, PRI Division, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 6. The Deputy Executive Engineer (Dy.EE), Panchayat Raj Department, PRI Sub Division, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 7. The Panchayat Secretary, Neelipudi Gram Panchayat, Neelipudi, Kruthivennu Mandal, Krishna District. 8. One CC to Sri B V Anjaneyulu Advocate [OPUC] 9. Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj Rural Dev, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 10 Two CCs to GP for Finance & Planning, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 11 One CC to Sri Y Koteswara Rao, SC for ZPPS, MPPS & GP, Advocate [OPUC] 12. Three CD Copies TF(gsg) Note:- The Respondent No.5 in Clause Title “Vijayawada, NTR District” is corrected as “Machilipatnarini, Krishna District” as per Courts Order dated 19.09.2025 in lA. No. 2/2025. Substitute this amended order in place of earlier order which was dispatched on 12.05.2025 Sd/- M PRABHAKAR RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR \ \ \ HIGH COURT DATED; 29/04/2025 19/09/2025 Sr AMDjf^ AMENDED ORDER WP.No.26300 of 2024 % = I I OCT 2025 m O ^ . Current Section ^ ALLOWING THE W.P., WITHOUT COSTS