APHC010587862025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 30521/2025 Between: Gollapudi Sundar Kumar ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. Smt. MARELLA RADHA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. Ld. GP MUNCIPAL ADMN AND URBAN DEV AP 2. Ld. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING 3. Sri A.S.C. Bose, Ld. Standing Counsel for respondents 3 to 7 The Court made the following: -2- W.P. No.30521 OF 2025 Date of order: 06.11.2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION No.30521 OF 2025 ORDER 1. This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the action of the respondents for non-payment of the bills for the works undertaken by the petitioner. 2. Heard the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Finance and Planning, and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-Corporation. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the 4th respondent invited tenders for the work ‘construction of CC roads CC drains and RCC culverts at Sriram Nagar from Prabhu school up to Rickshala Peta 51-1-12/2 to 51-2-13/30 Sri Ram Nagar interconnection (51-1-5/4, 32/5A, 51-1-5/9 to 7/2) and Sri Krishna Nagar in 25th Division’. The petitioner was awarded the said work under Agreement No.51/SE/2022-2023 dt.18.07.2022. 4. The learned counsel further submits that the petitioner duly executed the work to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the 4th respondent. It is further submitted that after execution of the works, the competent authority recorded the progress of the -3- W.P. No.30521 OF 2025 Date of order: 06.11.2025 work in M Books and final quality assessments were also done by the agency employed by the 4th respondent and thereafter the petitioner has submitted a final bill for a sum of Rs.30,75,066/- and the same was approved by the authorities of the 4th respondent, but so far no payment has been made to the petitioner. 5. The learned standing counsel for the 4th respondent, on oral instructions, submits that the work undertaken by the petitioner was completed to the satisfaction of the 4th respondent and the payment would be made in due course. 6. Considering the submissions that the work completed by the petitioner is not in dispute, there shall be a direction to respondents 2 and 4 to verify and release the payment due payable to the petitioner within a period of six weeks. 7. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. 8. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N BV