2026:JHHC:29567 1 | P a g e IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No. 2818 of 2020 ----- M/s. Commando Industril Security Force, through its Proprietor, Sri Nawal Kishore Singh, S/o Sri Laxmi Narayan Singh, R/o New Forest Colony besides Vision Enclave Apartment, Hurhuru, P.O. & P.S.-Sadar, District-Hazaribag .......... Petitioner -Versus- 1. National Rice Research Institute, through its Director, ICAR- National Rice Research Institute, Bhadimul, Cuttuck (Odisha) 2. Officer-in-Charge, NRRI, Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station, (CRURRS), Post Box No. 48, P.O.- Babhanbay, P.S.-Muffasil, District-Hazaribag .......... Respondents ----- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Dhirendra Kr. Deo, Advocate For Respondents : Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate ----- Order No.09 Date: 01.10.2026 1. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to make payment of the admitted dues to the petitioner to the tune of Rs.22,09,979.76 along with performance security of Rs.2,16,000/- deposited by it (total amount of Rs.24,25,979.76/-) with interest concerning the tender invited by the respondents for providing “Annual Contract for Providing Security Services at CRURRS, Hazaribag and KVK, Koderma” as per the provisions of Tender Enquiry No. 1/Tech./Security/CRS/2018-19 and agreement dated 01.01.2019. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondents have already paid the admitted dues for the contract in question. He, however, submits that the 2026:JHHC:29567 2 | P a g e performance security has not yet been returned to the petitioner. 3. Since the petitioner has already been paid the admitted dues for the contract in question, there is no need to further proceed in the present matter. So far as the petitioner’s grievance regarding withholding of the security deposit is concerned, it is at liberty to take alternative recourses as available under law towards the same. 4. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with the aforesaid liberty. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) 01.10.2026 Vikas/ Uploaded on 01.10.2026