WP/21476/2024 of YENIKA SRINIVASA REDDY Vs THE STATE OF AP

1 APHC010415382024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3333] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA WRIT PETITION NO: 21476/2024 Between: Yenika Srinivasa Reddy ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. BATTULA SANJAIAH GANDHI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING 2. GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN URBAN DEV 3. Sireesha Rani Vallabhaneni,Standing Counsel For Municipalities The Court made the following: 2 ORDER : This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “....to issue an appropriate writ or order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of MANDAMUS declaring the action of the respondents, in not releasing the 1 st & Final bill payment of Rs.2,79,718/- even after finalized the bill long back for successful execution of work for “Podili Nagarapanchayat-SCC Grant (2020-22)-Drilling of 165mm dia Borewell and fixing of 2.00HP/25 Stages submersible motor in power bore in Pothavaram SC colony” vide its Agmt. No.31/2021-22 dated 17.01.2