12 28.09.2026 Ct. No.6 b.das IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction WPA No. 1958 of 2026 M/s Ahmed Construction Co. Vs. The State of W.B. & Ors. Mr. Debayan Goswami Mr. Debadrita Maitra…for the petitioner. Ms. Supriya Singh Mr. Alok Sah ..for the State. Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner and written instruction submitted by the State are taken on record. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that pursuant to a work order issued by the Executive Engineer, Cooch Behar Division, ME Dte in favour of the petitioner on 16th March, 2022 for construction of C.C road at the backside of the DM office at ward no.19 under Paray Samadhan programme within Cooch Behar Municipality under Paray Samadhan Ph-II, the petitioner completed the work satisfactorily and was granted a completion certificate to that effect by the Executive Engineer on 20th May, 2026. The said certificate records that the final value of Rs.3,48,491/- could not be paid to the petitioner due to non-availability of fund. 2 It appears from the report submitted by the State that the entire fund under the Scheme Paray Samadhan Ph-II was disbursed by the Additional Secretary, Urban Development and Municipal Affairs on 24th February, 2023 which includes the construction made by the petitioner. It is not understood why the bill of the petitioner is still due despite receipt of fund by the Executive Engineer, Cooch Behar Division, MED, Cooch Behar Division, being the 8th respondent herein. The said respondent is directed to disburse the entire dues of the petitioner within eight weeks from the date of communication of this order subject to the petitioner complying with all requisite formalities. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. 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.)