1 APHC010578792024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] MONDAY ,THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 30293 OF 2024 Between: 1. MEKALA NAGARJUNA REDDY, S/O. MEKALA NARAYANA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, OCC CONTRACTOR, R/O. 4-100, THIMMEPALLI, TADIPATRI MANDAL, ANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYAT RAJ DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI VILLAGE TULLUR MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT TADEPALLI, AMARAVATI. 3. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, P.R.I DIVSION, ANANTHAPUR. 4. THE MANDAL PARISHAD DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, MANDAL PRAJAPARISHAD, YADIKI MANDAL, ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. K KEDHARNATH CHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 1. GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV The Court made the following ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri K. Kedharnath Chowdary, 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, Anantapuramu, dated 05.05.2025. 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.23,45,735/-. The Quality Control/Withheld Amount is for an amount of Rs.31,839/-, the amount already paid to the Petitioner is Rs.14,69,740/- and that the balance amount due to the Petitioner is of Rs.8,44,156/-. 4. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner, having taken instructions from his client, is agreeable to accept the balance amount of Rs.8,44,156/- 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.8,44,156/- 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. 7. With these observations and directions, the Writ Petition stands allowed. No order as to costs. 3 8. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Date: 05.05.2025 MNR 4 107 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.30293 OF 2024 Dt: 05.05.2025 Mnr