APHC010241102026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY, THE 13th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 12854/2026 Between: 1. PREM CHAND CIVIL CONSTRUCTIONS, AS ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, AS 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AS ...RESPONDENT(S): 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 to 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 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. V SAI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP MUNCIPAL ADMN AND URBAN DEV AP 2. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING 2 The Court made the following Order:- The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was entrusted with the execution of the works. The grievance of the petitioner is with regard to the he action of the respondents, withholding the payment of bill amounts even after finalizing the bills payable to the petitioner in relation to the works under Municipal General Funds i.e., 1) Replacement of 125mm dia pipe line with 110mm dia HDPE pipe line at Dibballa mid area in Vaddeeswaram Village under AE-3 section in Tadapalli Urban of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation vide Agreement No.170/2025-26 dated 01.07.2025 (M. Book Value of Rs.5,87,981/-); 2) Replacement of 80mm dia GI pipeline with 100mm dia GI Pipeline near Sachivalayam road in 16th ward under AE-3 Section of Tadepalli Urban of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation vide Agreement No.505/2025-26 dated 22.11.2025 (M. Book Value of Rs.2,73,802/-); 3) Providing 110mm HDPE Pipeline to Satram Bazar road from Narendra Milk Dairy to Jalasutram Ravi Shop in Chinamakkaneni of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation vide Agreement No.625/2025-26 dated 26.12.2025 (M. Book Value of Rs.3,24,395/-), and consequently direct the respondents to consider the total amounts of Rs.11,86,178/- with respect to the above said three works. 2. It is submitted that the petitioner had completed the works entrusted to him and that the competent authority of the respondents had also approved the payment due and payable to the petitioner. The respondents have also 3 recorded the progress of the works and the amounts due and payable to the petitioner in the M-Book. 3. Heard the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Sri. P. Vengal Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Municipality, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Finance and Planning. 4. During the course of hearing, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent Municipality submits that the works have been completed and that the petitioner has also submitted the final bills and the amounts due and payable to the petitioner have been duly admitted. It is submitted that further funds are awaited and that, soon after the release of the funds, the bills due and payable to the petitioner shall be cleared. 5. Recording the submissions, this writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage, directing the respondents to verify and release the payments due and payable to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. 6. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 13.08.2026 RSD 4 127 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 12854/2026 13.08.2026 RSD