WP/29888/2024 of RAVI SUBBA RAO Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE B S BHANUMATHI WRIT PETITION NO: 29888 OF 2024 Between: Ravi Subba Rao, S/o. Sambaiah. aged about 68 years, R/o. D. No. 9-37, Mantripalem Village, Nagaram Mandal, Bapatia District, A.P. ...PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 2. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Secretariat, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 3. The District Collector. Bapatia District, Bapatia. (Erstwhile Guntur District). 4. The Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, K.W. Division, Tenali, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENTS 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 issue any writ, order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in withholding the payment of final bill amount of Rs. 10,95,173/- (