Manipur High Court
WP(C)/569/2025 of Oinam Chitra Devi Vs State of Manipur and 3 ors on 24 June 2026
569 of 2025 Contd…/- IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL WP(C)
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR
AT IMPHAL
WP(C) No. 569 of 2025
Smt. Oinam Chitra Devi, aged about 35 years, W/o Loitongbam Premchand @ Thoi Thoi, a resident of Wangoo Tera Awang Leikai, P.O. Kakching, P.S. Wangoo, District: Kakching, Manipur – 795103.
… Petitioner
-Versus-
1. State of Manipur represented by the Principal Secretary (Works), Government of Manipur, having its office at Secretariat Block, Babupara, P.O. & P.S. Imphal, District:
Imphal West, Manipur – 795001.
2. The Addl. Chief Secretary/ Commissioner/ Secretary (Finance), Government of Manipur, having its office at Secretariat Block, Babupara, P.O. & P.S. Imphal, District:
Imphal West, Manipur – 795001.
3. The Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Government of Manipur, having its office at Khoyathong, P.O. & P.S.
Imphal, District: Imphal West, Manipur – 795001.
4. The Executive Engineer, Kakching Division, Public Works Department, Government of Manipur, Khoyathong, P.O. &
P.S. Imphal, District: Imphal West, Manipur – 795001.
… Respondents
B E F O R E
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH
For the petitioner
:: Mr. K. Eengba Meitei, Advocate
For the respondents
:: Mr. Shyam Sharma, GA
Date of hearing & order
25-06-2026
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O R D E R
Heard Mr. K. Eengba Meitei, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. Shyam Sharma, learned GA appearing for all the respondents.
The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the present writ petition can be disposed of in terms of the earlier order passed by this court on 10-10-2022 in WP(C) No. 832 of 2022 and order dated 20-10-2022 passed in WP(C) No. 900 of 2022.
Mr. Shyam Sharma, learned GA appearing for the respondents also fairly submitted that he has no objection in disposing of this writ petition in terms of the above-mentioned earlier orders passed by this court.
Considering the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties and the consensus arrived at between the two learned counsel, the present writ petition is being disposed of with the following directions:-
(i) The claim of the petitioner for payment of undisputed/ outstanding bill are to be examined and verified either by the Chief Engineer or by an Executive Engineer authorized by the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department;
(ii) The process of verification should be completed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order; and
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(iii) After verification of the claim of the petitioner and if the claim of the petitioner is found to be correct, the respondents should immediately take steps for releasing the outstanding bills in respect of the petitioner in accordance with seniority based on completion of the work.
With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition is disposed of.
JUDGE Devananda