Arshid Bilal vs Ut Of Jammu And Kashmir And Ors on 17 January, 2025

Jammu & Kashmir High Court – Srinagar Bench

Arshid Bilal vs Ut Of Jammu And Kashmir And Ors on 17 January, 2025

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        IN HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
                         AT SRINAGAR
                               WP(C) No. 107/2025
                                CM No. 234/2025

Arshid Bilal                                                       ...Petitioner(s)

Through: Mr. Umar Rashid Wani, Adv, vice Mr. Zahid Khan, Adv.
                                        Vs.
UT of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors.                                  ...Respondent(s)


Through:

CORAM:
         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHD YOUSUF WANI, JUDGE.
                                     ORDER

17.01.2025

01. The short controversy raised through the instant petition filed under the

provisions of Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the petitioner is

that in pursuance of a work contract allotted to him pursuant to the

finalization of the tender process arising out of NIT No.

SKIMS/WDB/13 of 2018 dated 9th October, 2018, he completed the

requisite work i.e., “Creation/finishing of washroom/room near newly

constructed Causality Block including finalizing of pending structural

work” at SKIMS MCH Bemina, Srinagar, and handed over the
completed work to the respondents, but his admitted liability as per his

bills is still outstanding from the respondents on account of which fact

that he has been badly suffering.

02. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner,

who is a Contractor by profession, has undertaken the subject work after

raising the financial assistance from the Bank and has been paying a huge

interest thereon. He further submitted that liability claimed in this

petition has been admitted by the respondents which is evident from the

communication bearing No. SKIMS/MCH/308/AEE/22/630 dated 28th

December, 2022, addressed by the Assistant Executive Engineer Civil,

SKIMS MCH Bemina, Srinagar, to the Executive Engineer (Civil)

SKIMS MCH Bemina.

03. In the backdrop, this Court is of the opinion that this writ petition can be

disposed of at its threshold stage by passing appropriate orders having

regard to the fact that the claim of the petitioner has already been

admitted by the respondents.

04. Accordingly, the instant petition is disposed of with the direction to the

respondents to ensure the release of the admitted liability in favour of the

petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date a certified copy of
this Order is made available to them under report of compliance to the

Registry of this Court.

05. Disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

(MOHD YOUSUF WANI)
JUDGE
SRINAGAR:

17.01.2025
“Shamim Dar”