WP/12758/2024 of Madduri Kesi Reddy, Vs The Principal Secretary to Government

APHC010256482024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3460] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY ,THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 12758/2024 Between: Madduri Kesi Reddy, ...PETITIONER AND The Principal Secretary To Government and ...RESPONDENT(S) Others Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. RAMINENI SUDHEER Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. 2. Sireesha Rani Vallabhaneni,Standing Counsel For Municipalities 3. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING 4. GP MUNCIPAL ADMN AND URBAN DEV AP The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION No.12758 OF 2024 ORDER: The present Writ Petition is filed seeking for the following relief: “to declare the action of the Respondents in withholding the payment of pending amounts of Rs.17,25,882/- in relation to the work executed by the Petitioner as bad, illegal, arbitrary, improper, unjust and against the Article 21 of constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to pay the amounts of Rs 17,25,882/-”. 2. The case of the Petitioner is that he is a Civil Contractor. The contract work listed below was granted to the