Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010060782025 2025:GAU-AS:11133 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/1605/2025 SRI RAJANI KANTA DAS S/O-LATE KAN DAS,R/O-MORIKALONG,N.H.36,P.O-NAGAON PADEL,P.S- SADAR, DIST-NAGAON, ASSAM-782003 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT OF ASSAM, HOME DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-781006 2:THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ASSAM ASSAM POLICE HEAD QUARTER ULUBARI DR. B.K KAKATI ROAD GUWAHATI ASSAM-781007 3:THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE GUWAHATI ASSA For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. K. Singha, Advocate For the Respondent(s) : Ms. U. Das, Addl. Sr. Government Advocate Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH ORDER Date : 18.08.2025 Heard Mr. K. Singha, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Ms. U. Das, the learned Additional Senior Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. The instant petition has been filed being aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondent authorities in not making payment of the bills of the petitioner. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner is the owner of a vehicle bearing Registration Nos. AS-02-AD-6869. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the said vehicle was engaged by the respondent authorities on hire basis in lieu of payment. Pursuant thereto, the respondent authorities used the petitioners vehicle for more than 2 years and thereupon, the petitioner submitted the bill amounting to Rs.11,65,332/-. The said bill was duly received and acknowledged by the respondent authorities. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the aforesaid amount has been duly verified by the respondent authorities; however, despite such verification, the said amount has not been released to the petitioner. In addition to that, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had submitted various representations to the respondent authorities for release of the amount however the said amount of Rs.11,65,332/- is still pending, for which the Page No.# 3/3 petitioner has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. 5. Ms. U. Das, the learned Additional Senior Government Advocate during the course of hearing has placed before this Court a communication dated 18.08.2025 issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), Guwahati whereby it was stated that as regards the claim of the petitioner i.e. Rs.11,65,332/-, an amount of Rs.3,45,271/- have already been paid to the petitioner and the remaining amount of Rs.8,36,796/- is pending for non-receipt of sanction from the Assam Police Headquarters. The said instruction is kept on record and marked with the letter “X”. 6. Accordingly, the instant writ petition therefore stands disposed of with the following observations and directions: (i) This Court directs the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to take immediate steps for releasing the amount of Rs.8,36,796/- to the petitioner after making such statutory deductions, if so required, within a period of 6 (six) months from the date, a certified copy of the instant order is served upon the respondent No.2. (ii) Any amount paid during the pendency of the present proceedings would be set off at the time of disbursal of the amounts to the Petitioner. JUDGE Comparing Assistant