sildhardha constructions private Ltd- Regd. off. No. 9-19-52 v. Depa rtme nt E ru min a nzit

RESPONDENTS Petition under Articre 226 of the constitution of rndia praying that in the -.ry 'Ou circumstances stated in the affidavit fited therewith, the Hig;'C;rrt pleased to issue an appropriate wrrt or order or o;Lction more p"articurarry a r.airit in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring thl actjon on the part of the Respondents in withholding an amount of nsi.O,OO,ZeSl_ (Rupees Six Lakhs Sjx Thousand Seven hundred and eighty three onry)'towards barance recr,tv J"porit despite making innumerabre repies'entations ii rlr"g"r, arbitrary and viorative of Article 14 and Articre i9/r)(g) oi the constitution oiinaia and consequenil'Jire"t the Respondent herein to ie'iease n..o,od,ieil- iirp""" six Lakhs six Thousand seven hundred and eighty three onry) witr interelr@ 24 percentage p.u. tro, tn" date the amounts fell due. IA NO: 1 OF 2023 Petition under Ser;tion 151 cPc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in supprrt of the petition, the High court may be pleased to direct ine Respondents heieirr to consider the representations o1' the pelitioner and ielease ihe amount of Fts.6;06,7831 (Rupees Six Lakhs Six Thousand Seven hundred and eighty three only) towards balance security deposit in a time bound manner. lA NO: 2 OF 2023 Between 1 2 .) AND The State of -e argrana, Rep. by its Principal S-ecretary toudt 3nr1 Buildings Department .=r'u-; 'a.rzil. Hyderabad - 500 082. The Engineer- n C l-r ef State Roads and CRN 5th floor' C)/o the E lgineer-in- Ch ef (d ancl B) Errrmmanzil. Hyderabad-500082 The Sucer ntend r-c Engineer (R and B). Regional Office Sanga R:ddy Sa nga redd y' D slr: Tre D stricl fi ::nd Ii officer Sangareddy Sangareddy Di;trict ...PETITIONE RS/RESDONDENTS '1 . S ddharcra C )-siructions Private Lld., Regd. Off \c 9-19'52 Ground Floor C.E, lr'l C ompound Visakhapatnam - 530 003 Rep. by it{r l\,4a.r rglng Director Srr, N Surender Babu

2. The Asst. Pay e nd Accounts Officer, Sangareddy, Sangareddl' District' ...RESPONDENT/WRIT PETITIONER ...RESPONDENTS Petition under se clion 1 51 CPC praying that in the circumstanc:es stated in the affidavit filed in su:port of the petition, the High court may bc pleased to vacate the interim orders in w.P. No. 10660 0f 2023 dated 1B-04-2O2il dismiss the writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioler: M/S INDUS LAW FIRM Counsel for the Respordent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR ROADS BIJILDINGS Counsel for the Respordent No.5: GP FOR FINANCE AND I']LANNING The Court made the foll:wing: ORDER HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAI<A WRIT PETITIONS No. 10660 0F 2023 ORDER: . This Writ petition :challenges that action of the rispondents in withholding Rs.6,06,783/- towards balance final security deposit despire making ir-rnumerable representa Li on s. Consequenli-,'. perriioncr seeks a diruc'.i,rrr io :cleas. ilrt- si:iri ;1rnOUntriitiljntcI-cst;{')4|l.DC].:]]l]l!illil-il,.;lli-lL,t]l,.l 1m.! n | 1' 'i .-',, 2 i)e ritioncr, tt is s[atei, had succ,._-ssiu]lr anC satisfacLorilv cxecuted rhe \"orl<s. Cclaiis .i \!r)r-ks. (iiii(_- li compietion, iasr date of .ic-1ect riabliiti ha*t bccn mer-i-rior.rcci rr. paragraph 3 of the zriitcarrit, l)v entcrin!i irto coricsltor.r.Jin! agreements. duiy depositins alr:eulit tot.ards final securitv deposit which has to be ."tur.r-reci irr tei:rrrs of Clause 42 .3 .I of the Agreement. In terms of the above clause, the defective liabilify period of 24 months is aiso over, however, respondents, have been dodging the payments for no reason. In fact, petitioner 1s stated to have subrnitted umpteen number of representaticn s, both i-;raj a;rC vrriricn, rne latest being the one il \ r'\ r'l_ r. ', ,.i , ', '. ' ia ll ,..i; -,':l r i lll' ';a rn'' :Lr. ji <:rdor tlatr:i iii 1)''i '- j ';-l 'ir;srJ'trld :. , ,:,l-,sitjc! l:' prc -'re nla tioll oi ilc iii'-; l'';- ciai':c risrlrll(i,-. A2.O3.2A2:\ a:1. i:'ass orders \\'ithin ten Ca1's it:nl rl-i: tiate of rr cli,rt ,,1 -r,1 ' ' I ihu saici order' Th. '+tn respondent filed counter-aific avjt' in para 8 4. of which it is siated that based on the interim drrect.:o:r' they coi:re spor.rieci 'i'ith petitioner r':ho respondeci ;tl-tcl su1'mitted 'ri:no i.]..l:r:i:r'':hrougil Dcpuil' Execuit'''e i);rgl::'''e (R&'B)' (l:scrvlng it l- :t l::.tsiirq t'hc u'iLhhelo afilcLints r' :r;r' Con ir ib. ihc -<ame Or.l" i I I ('i)l(raI'iri' ,, r, l< s. the '-'-li' il( ,' i sr-r,liilll:. l 'l lr r r ,:d unci ;.i) iol arir;)ilginq lnc Pa\;:'lli i: r'ir'" ei 'itre Ll r. i . -'rrri i)i '.llL '.:ilt" '\ ri'.i ,',ccj '\r.ir-i!l: 'ji:-i.:i i L: .. rlr)I-l-(. ihrce i ':ris -''' ih "han ,r iti:nr:ir z'ii (.'!,ci lor moie derartrxe,nt H.:nce, thc government has bee; accirc:s.;eci tlide letter d:r.ted 27 O4.2O23 and by the Superil-rtt:nCinq I )ngireer (RQp)-€lrcie Sangareddy uide letter dated 06 05 2{)21'i r,l,'ith a .-&- request to the so\,,e1-nment Lo release Rs. i I ,7.56/_ creciireC ro i hc Rer.,en..ie fli:::ri oi i.l(.ccitJtf ..,i,hi,.it is ir\,;,rit.al. l.r,:l,ll,ir Goverr:rnent PlcaCer ilr Fir-iiinr:c Df patrllell itlso nllt r:rl bcirtrr. liris cor'irr i( i1('r aiert('i ot.o8.i(i2.l i.r:1:,r..,sr.,ci ir-.. p:r., t{; Air..:rr-:i:r:- Offrcer, (W&P), Sangareddr.Djstrict ro rhe effeci that H.R. Biils; rvith respecl io Token No.2406343209 dated 02.05.202i1 and c.iared 04.05.2023 in far our oi pc:rilioncr u.crt received from Executivc Engineer, R&B Division, Sangaredciv and the same are authorised and paid by government. '2407497996, 5 Concurring with. the said submissions, Iearned counsel for petitioner M/s Indus Lav,,' Firm hled a memo of calculation statlng that during the pendency of iVrit petition and in terms of the interim order dated 7g.O4 .2023, respondent authorities have remitted pr-incipal amount of Rs.6,O6,7g3l_ bur Iailed to deposir inrerest arnounL accrueC over a pcnod ol.tirrre Hence, he secl<s :t clir-irctior-l r,) respul.tdr.nl_s t() tt.i\. ti_ri, iitil'rr.s:r component. i-oar.ned a()unscl ri:lics o:t iltc .litrigntc:ls oi iitr. ll.n bic Sr:,;-r rLrr. C.iir.l tr) TAMGEDCO l_td. ,. ll.,t. Irtciustries Limitedt and th:rr li tiiis Court ir-, M/s Raghaua IIES- Nd.uayuga (JV) u. State af Telangana. (W.P.Na. 12a25 of ' (zo r;) s scc s.so 2A2Qanf,cont:ncisthatpetitionerisentitledtointeiestfrlrthe deiayed paymer t tri- r',e:-i'.1-,,r, Clause 4-? ci rhe Agreerasrl :le ai'' with 5 'ir.crest t;1] iii:r ll:-,' d'le to the contrac'ror'' it :-iilel--1 er' 'IVc cir: ls-sio:r i i, i 't ,.- ,-..i, ii i' a;..:, ,r -;c.ett7,i,,p EtrrLir',ee: c,- the S,t,!.; ii t::i't t'ti ,1fl'i'-:er . i:- ijji)?, rlal/ilai Cr-i , .l-s 1,'i'1;j Irli';r'' '" t '! t' L'oi'd ,.,,, ,.,..,,1 .:.i(:t i)t t.'i ',i ir. ir;::l La r' I '. .i1'' ..1 ' J -i iLl' I ate I -'. r, 1:,,,; y1, 1,,-.,: r'i,- .,:tii-l Cir;"iSe ,:it:.-,fl)- ie2.,:'i i' -" aL'1lil:i'i.'i iS not ',l .rl,:ai ?ri ) I ill.I\ 'oaiance,;:irci; ai".: iound tc be ciie If t i'r.^ contract contains specific ci:''-;sr' uthich 7 . expressly bars Ital.';:ient of interest, then- it is nct Court to gra"'i pendenf lite interest. Tiris decisicr is sitpported ibr Lhe 'ner" b1' the -'-',:,gmiti 1-n ur.ion o-f India- a. )/Ianrai Eaterprises2, icllr:cl oi-r ,\ iii I l.'ai-ned courlsei for ;:esponcienis ri':'r' it rs also :.ti i';t ,'.-t.-.:r t , 'l il:li 11 il:rit'. -i ,r aa:- ill': r- l l' egaih' ii,- r-iUtle:; r.iiiai i'.,S., r:rr., -, lrtt, ; ::ioiiOiiir /:l l'lt( \ : itrj \,', 11lltl i -rt'rls ,, lr I ( ..-,iia l' Lhc ) agreemcnt .ind cannot be hclcj liable inr an-r.ihiitq oljrsl.i(, oa those statecj pararneters; esscntrally, the Co,rt *ill i1r[erpret thc contract strictly based on rhe agreed-upon terms ancl wi, not impose addjtionaj obligations nor clearly defined in the contract. In the light of Lhe same, the judgmenrs relied on by learned counsel for petitioner, in somewhat different set of facts and circumstances, are of no help to the case on hand. This Courr. i her-elore, oI rhe considered opinion that petitioner is not entitlecl to clalm irteresr cn rhc Earnesr Moner.,Deposit, hencc Writ Pctition ;s iiai'llc ir; i,;e riisn:;:sst ii 9 ('OS i S 1O. Itlf ,i,'rr[ ts: li.]r.Jt S ;it'cor-clinql.,, C: s lt is stt rl N i oit seclir e rr: i;,.. any shall stand closed, //TRUE COPY// SD/. T. JAYASREE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR I r6i(o SECT FFICER One CC to M/s. lndus Law Firm. Advocate IOPUCI Two CCs to GP for Roads Buitdihgs, ftigh CSurt ioi'the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad IOUTI Two-CC to The CP ior Planning and Finance, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad[OUTI Two CD Copies 4,/ To, 1 2 a

4. TJ GJP HIGH COURT DATED:1210211'-025 ,.4.- c /a s [, E. q 'i, e$ i\t t.: ORDER L1 WP.No.10660 r:f 2023 DISMISSING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS 7 I 4 ,Zx./ /lr' /t1