September 21, 2026 (52) ARDR WPA 19832 of 2026 Pritilata Rudra Vs. The State of West Bengal & ors. Adv. Gangadhar Das, Adv. Ranmoy Chattopadhyay, Adv. Jay Laha, …for the petitioner. Adv. Soma Chakraborty, Adv. Sanjana Basu, …for the State. Report submitted by the State is taken on record. It appears from the report that the dues of the petitioner could not be cleared by the Block Development Officer due to non availability of fund from the District Magistrate and the District Panchayat Election Officer, Malda. The work was completed in 2023 and payment of Rs.13,98,324/- is still due. In view of the above, the District Magistrate, Malda and the District Panchayat Election Officer, being the 4th respondent herein, is directed to disburse the amount of Rs.13,98,324/- to the Block Development Officer, Manikchak Development Block, being the 8th respondent herein, within eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. The 8th respondent shall disburse the same in favour of the petitioner within a week thereof subject to the petitioner complying with all requisite formalities. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall however, be no order as to costs. 2 Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the petition are deemed not to have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)