APHC010091822025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 4984/2025 Between: N Venkata Krishna Varma ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. DEVASRI ROSHAN KANCHARLA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP MUNCIPAL ADMN AND URBAN DEV AP 2. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING The Court made the following: 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION No.4984 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. The Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents in withholding the payments of pending amounts of Rs.18,21,761/- even after finalizing the bills payable to the Petitioner in relation to the work i.e. Providing CC Drain and Road at Block No.37-38, 56-61, 62-64 at Rajeev Gruha Kalpa Apartments of 11th B Division (GGMP) vide Agreement No.30/EEI/2023-2024, dated 21.06.2024, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. Heard M/s. Devasri Roshan. K, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Sri M. Krishna Rao, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the Respondent-Corporation. 3. The Petitioner submits that he had completed the work mentioned above and final bills were also sent to the Respondent- Corporation for grant of amount to the Petitioner. As the amounts were not being paid the present Writ Petition is filed. 4. The learned Standing Counsel for the Respondent-Corporation passed on the signed instructions of the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Kakinada to the Court, wherein the execution of works and the amounts claimed by the Petitioner was not disputed. It was mentioned in the written instructions that the Respondent-Corporation had communicated a letter to the Government requesting to release Rs.5.51 Crores of budget for Kakinada Municipal Corporation for clearing the pending bills to the Contractors and the bill amount of Rs.18,21,761/- for the work done by the writ petitioner would be uploaded and sent to the Pay & Accounts Officer, Kakinada for further bill process after receipt of Rs.5.51 Crores by the Government. 3 5. As there is no dispute regarding execution of work and the amount due to the Petitioner, the Writ Petition is disposed of, at the stage of admission, with the consent of both sides counsel and placing the written instructions on record, with the following direction: (i) The Respondent authorities are directed to pay the amounts due to the Petitioner within a period of four (4) months from today. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. __________________ NYAPATHY VIJAY, J Date: 02.04.2025 IS 4 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION No.4984 OF 2025 Date: 02.04.2025 IS