Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : 13.07.2026 Date of uploading : 16.07.2026 APHC010264792026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] MONDAY, THE 13th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 14423/2026 Between: 1. MR. MADUNURI S V S S N RAJU, S/O. MADUNURI TRIMURTHULA RAJU, AGE 46 YEARS, D/O. 3-288,KOTERU PUNTHA, ATREYAPURAM MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI- 533235. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, TO SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDING, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR.522238 2. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, A.P.E AND W.I.D.C KAKINADA, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT.533001 3. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PLANNING, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.522238 ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 NV,J WP No.14423 of 2026 Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased tomaybe pleased to issue an appropriate Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in withholding the payments of pending amounts of Rs.18,31,936/- (Eighteen Lakhs Thirty one Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Six only), even after finalizing the bills payable to the petitioner in relation to the work i.e. I. Providing paintings to Dormitory and Kitchen cum Dining Hal to Dr B R Ambedkar Gurukulam for boys at Godi (v) of Allavaram (M), Agreement no. 14/2023-24 dated 23.11.2023. and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased may be pleased to direct the respondents to forthwith consider releasing the amounts Rs. 18,31,936/- (Eighteen Lakhs Thirty one Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Six only) available to the petitioner herein, pending disposal of the writ petition and pass such Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. DEVASRI ROSHAN KANCHARLA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. V CH NAIDU 2. GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE 3. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING The Court made the following: 3 NV,J WP No.14423 of 2026 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION No.14423 of 2026 ORDER: 1. The petitioner had been awarded the contract of work(s) under the subject scheme in East Godavari District. After execution of the said contract, a final bill was prepared for a sum of Rs.18,31,936/- as per the sanctioned orders. As the payment of the said amount has not been made by the respondents, the petitioner has approached this Court by way of this writ petition. 2. It is the contention of the petitioner that even though the respondents admitted that the petitioner is entitled for payment of Rs.18,31,936/-, no payment is being made. The petitioner contends that such non-payment of money is clearly arbitrary and high-handed requiring the interference of this Court. 3. This Court, in various orders, including the judgment of a learned Single Judge of this Court dated 05.10.2021 in W.P.No.10038 of 2021 and batch had taken the view that such non-payment of dues is arbitrary and that such dues need to be cleared by the respondents at the earliest. 4. On the other hand, learned Standing Counsel has placed on record the written instructions dated 16.06.2026 received from the Executive Engineer, 4 NV,J WP No.14423 of 2026 APEWIDC, Kakinada admitting net amount of Rs.13,51,230/- payable to the petitioner. But, the subject bill was not uploaded for payment. Soon after uploading of the bill, an amount of Rs.13,51,230/- will be paid to the petitioner. 5. In view of the aforesaid directions of this Court in various cases and after hearing the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the net amount of Rs.13,51,230/- to the petitioner within a period of three (03) months. It would also be open to the petitioner to agitate his claim for differential amount, if any payable by the respondents, in an appropriate forum. There shall be no order as to costs. No order as to costs. 6. In fact there is no admission by the Respondents either in their Written Instructions regarding the payment of interest component or by oral submissions made by the Government Pleader/Standing Counsel for Respondents. Much less, the interest component as claimed by the petitioner was neither admitted nor approved at their final bills of the respondents. Hence, in the absence of any such admission, this Court is not inclined to grant any specific amount as it admitted under the head of interest. However, the Petitioner is entitled for interest component as per the terms of Agreement if permits and also in the case of delayed payments, as per the ratio laid down by the Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.724 of 2021. Therefore, the 5 NV,J WP No.14423 of 2026 respondents are hereby directed to pay admitted amount within a period of four months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. As far as interest is concerned, if both parties have agreed regarding the quantum of amount towards interest, the same should be paid along with admitted amount, if not, petitioner is at liberty to submit a representation or a Memo of Statement requesting for payment of interest. If petitioner is entitled for the same, after such submission of representation or Memo, the concerned respondent authorities shall consider and pass appropriate orders after providing opportunity of hearing to both parties in case of rejection or reduction of interest amount claimed by the petitioner, within a period of four (04) weeks thereafter. 7. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J Date: 13.07.2026 SP Whether the order is : Speaking Yes / Reasoned No Reportable No / Non-Reportable Yes 6 NV,J WP No.14423 of 2026 117 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION No.14423 OF 2026 Date:13.07.2026 W SP 7 NV,J WP No.14423 of 2026