Jammu and Kashmir High Court
WP(C)/631/2026 of M/S NEW JEHLUM CONSTRUCTION CO. TH KAMAL NAIN SINGH Vs COMMISSIONER SECRETARY, PUBLIC WORKS (R AND B) DEPARTMENT, JAMMU AND OTHERS on 11 March 2026
OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No. 631/2026 M/S New Jehlum Construction Company, Anuradha House P.O Muthi Village Barnai, Akhnoor Road Jammu (J&K) Through its proprietor Sh. Kamal Nain Singh S/O Sh. K.R Singh R/O Anuradha House Village Barnai Akhnoor Road, Jammu.
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
AT JAMMU
WP(C) No. 631/2026
M/S New Jehlum Construction Company,
Anuradha House P.O Muthi
Village Barnai, Akhnoor Road Jammu (J&K)
Through its proprietor
Sh. Kamal Nain Singh
S/O Sh. K.R Singh
R/O Anuradha House Village Barnai Akhnoor Road, Jammu.
…..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s)
Through: Ms. Gagan Deep Sharma, Adv.
1. Commissioner Secretary Public Works (R&B) Civil Secretariat, Jammu.
2. Superintending Engineer
PWD (R&B) North Circle,
PWD Complex Panama Chowk, Jammu.
3. Chief Engineer, PWD (R&B) Zone, Jammu PWD Complex Panama Chowk, Jammu
4. Executive Engineer,
PWD (R&B) Division
Bakshi Nagar, Jammu.
5. Executive Engineer
PWD (R&B) Division
Satwari, Jammu
….Respondent(s)
Through:
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M A CHOWDHARY, JUDGE
Citations and Judicial Treatment
Cited by
0
Decisions in the index citing it
Cites
0
Decisions referred to
In this index
0
Of the decisions it cites
Overruled / Questioned
0
No negative treatment found
Loading the citing and cited decisions…
This judgment in the centre: on the left the decisions it cites, on the right the decisions citing it. Colour is the treatment; choose a decision to open it.
ORDER
(11.03.2026)
1. The petitioner, through the medium of this petition, seeks a direction upon the respondents to release the payment of Rs. 49,00,000/- in favour of the petitioner, along with permissible rate of interest for the work of P/L Premix Carpet on the road from Santra Morh to Rathua Via Govt. Higher Secondary School, Ghomanhasan (under NABARD Scheme) which Serial No. 162
was executed by him in pursuance allotment letter No. 1116-18/SEJ PWD dated 19.05.2017 being undisputed and admitted claim of the petitioner.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had been allotted work of providing and laying wet Mix Macadam and 50 mm thick Bituminous Macadam and 25 mm thick Open Graded Premix Carpet on road from Santra Morh to Rathua via back side of Government Higher Secondary School at Gho Manhasan including link to Puran De Kothey and Bhagatpur Kukrian to Sandwan (Under NABARD) on 19.05.2017 pursuant to e-NIT No. 01 of 2017-18 dated 10.04.2017 issued vide endorsement No. 71-145 dated 10.04.2017 and corrigendum No. 173-95 dated 12.04.2017, to the satisfaction of the respondents; that as per communication dated 29.01.2026 made by respondent-Executing Engineer, PWD (R&B) Division Bakshi Nagar, Jammu to the petitioner’s counsel in response to the legal notice, admitted that the payment of the subject work has been made to the tune of Rs. 283.00 lacs till date and as per the reproduced CC4th bill the payment amounting to the tune of Rs. 49.01 lacs is still pending.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner shall be satisfied in case the petition is disposed of, at this stage with a direction to the respondents to release the aforestated admitted liability.
4. In view of the pleadings and submissions urged at the bar, particularly in the face of the admission made on the part of the respondent- Executing Engineer, PWD (R&B) Division Bakshi Nagar, Jammu vide communication dated 29.01.2026, the petition is disposed of at this motion stage with a direction to the respondents to make payment of the admitted liability, subject to verification to the petitioner within a period of six months, failing which, the amount shall be payable alongwith interest @ 6
% P.A, thereafter, from the date, a certified copy of this order is made available to them.
5. Disposed of along with connected application(s).
(M A CHOWDHARY)
JUDGE Jammu 11.03.2026 Tarun/PS
Tarun Kumar Gupta 2026.03.12 11:19 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document