{"id":44721,"date":"2009-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/lachhman-dass-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-11-august-2009"},"modified":"2019-02-15T08:26:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T02:56:37","slug":"lachhman-dass-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-11-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/lachhman-dass-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-11-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Lachhman Dass vs The State Of Punjab And Others on 11 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Lachhman Dass vs The State Of Punjab And Others on 11 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>             IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n\n                                CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                                       Civil Writ Petition No.12016 of 2009\n                                              Date of Decision: 11.08.2009\n\n\n\nLachhman Dass\n                                                                     Petitioner\n                                    Versus\nThe State of Punjab and others\n                                                                  Respondents\n\n\n\nCORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH\n\nPresent:     Mr.P.S.Rana, Advocate for the petitioner\n\n                          .....\n<\/pre>\n<p>Jasbir Singh, J.(Oral)<\/p>\n<p>             By filing this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed that<\/p>\n<p>directions be issued to the respondents, to release admitted payment, due to<\/p>\n<p>him towards execution of works, allotted vide Work Order Nos.025, 027<\/p>\n<p>and 029 all dated 10.2.2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>             It is case of the petitioner that he has successfully executed the<\/p>\n<p>work, as mentioned above. Entries were made in the measurement book and<\/p>\n<p>amount due to him was approved by the authorities, however, the payment<\/p>\n<p>has not been released to him, on account of paucity of funds.<\/p>\n<p>             This Court feels that if there is no defect in the work executed<\/p>\n<p>by the petitioner, the authorities are not justified to detain amount due to<\/p>\n<p>him. Paucity of funds is no ground to deny the admitted payment.<\/p>\n<p>             In view of facts mentioned above, this writ petition is disposed<\/p>\n<p>of by issuing directions to the respondents to release admitted payment to<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner, if there is no legal hitch, within three months from the date of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> Civil Writ Petition No.12016 of 2009                                         2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>receipt of a copy of this order, failing which, the petitioner shall be entitled<\/p>\n<p>to get interest @ 8% per annum from the date the amount had become due<\/p>\n<p>to it till its realisation. To the contrary, if respondents wish to reject claim of<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner, on valid grounds, a speaking order be passed and a copy<\/p>\n<p>thereof be supplied to him.\n<\/p>\n<pre>11.08.2009                                     (Jasbir Singh)\ngk                                                 Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Lachhman Dass vs The State Of Punjab And Others on 11 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12016 of 2009 Date of Decision: 11.08.2009 Lachhman Dass Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab and others Respondents CORAM:- HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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