APHC010585682025 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: 30498/2025 Between: Chukkaluru Ramesh Babu ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. Sri DASARI S V V S V PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. Ld. GP MUNCIPAL ADMN AND URBAN DEV AP 2. Ld. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING 3. Sri Gudapati Lakshmi Narayana, Ld. Standing Counsel for R.4 to 6 The Court made the following: -2- W.P. No.30498 OF 2025 Date of order: 06.11.2025 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION No.30498 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 ‘laying of CC roads from D.No.31/1071-6 to EP No.A13/20 in Teachers Colony, 37th Election ward in Dharmavaram Municipality’. The petitioner was awarded the said work under Agreement No.690/2023-24, dt.06.02.2024. 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 work in M Books and thereafter the petitioner has submitted a final bill for a sum of Rs.10,95,321/- and the same was approved by -3- W.P. No.30498 OF 2025 Date of order: 06.11.2025 the authorities of the 4th respondent, but so far no payment has been made to the petitioner. 5. The learned standing counsel for respondents4 to 6, 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 four 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