APHC010489582021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3333] MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA WRIT PETITION NO: 408/2022 Between: 1. CHANDRAGIRI NAGARAJU,, S/O VENKATESWARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/O 15-154, RAGHAVAPURAM, REDDIGUDEM, KRISHNA, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, , REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE ENGINEERINCHIEF, IRRIGATION AND CAD DEPARTMENT, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, M I WORKS DIVISION, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 5. THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, SI SUB DIVISION, NUZVID, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 6. ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NEERU-CHETTU PROG., SPECIAL SECTION, REDDYGUDEM MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 VS,J W.P.No.408 of 2022 Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in withholding the payment o amount Rs. 3,05,973/- payable to the petitioner in relation to the execution of work under Work ID No. 6011505057, i.e., Desilting and improvements to Feeder channel from Arunakunta tank to Pedda tank in Reddigudem (V) in Reddigudem (M) of Krishna District, for the year 2018-20 9 vide Agreement No.774/2018-2019 dated 30.04.2018 as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequent) direct the respondents to pay an amount of Rs. 3,05,973/- @ 9 present interest due to the petitioner in respect of execution of afore mentioned works forthwith and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2022 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 direct the respondents to take steps for paying the amount of Rs. 3,05,973/- @ 9% interest due to the petitioner, pending disposal of the Writ Petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. K V ADITYA CHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING 2. GP FOR IRRIGATION COMM AREA DEV The Court made the following: 3 VS,J W.P.No.408 of 2022 The Court made the following Order: The present Writ Petition came to be filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:- “… to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in withholding the payment o amount Rs. 3,05,973/- payable to the petitioner in relation to the execution of work under Work ID No. 6011505057, i.e., Desilting and improvements to Feeder channel from Arunakunta tank to Pedda tank in Reddigudem (V) in Reddigudem (M) of Krishna District, for the year 2018-2019 vide Agreement No1052/2018-2019 dated 20.12.2018 as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to pay an amount of Rs. 3,05,973/- @ 9% interest due to the petitioner in respect of execution of afore mentioned works forthwith ….” 2. When the writ petition came up for admission on 11.03.2022, this Court was pleased to pass the following interim direction in I.A.No.1 of 2022: “In the circumstances, the respondents are directed to pay the approved and final bill amount due to the petitioner within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” 3. As the said order was not complied with the respondents, the petitioner was constrained to file Contempt Case No. 2927 of 2022. The said contempt case was closed basing on the report submitted by the respondents, stating that the orders passed by this Court on 11.03.2022 has been complied with and the same was not objected by the learned counsel for the petitioner, vide orders dated 20.06.2024. 4 VS,J W.P.No.408 of 2022 4. In view of the same, this Court is of the opinion that no further orders are necessary in the present writ petition. However, the learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that, as per the oral instructions received, the petitioner is yet to receive an amount of Rs.30,000/- from the respondents. 5. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed, granting liberty to the petitioner to submit a fresh representation to the concerned authorities for release of the said amount, if it remains unpaid. As a sequel, Interlocutory Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________ JUSTICE V.SUJATHA Dated: 27.10.2025 KGR