ORDER :

The present Writ Petition came to be filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:-

“pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in withholding the payments to be made to the petitioner company in relation to the works executed by the petitioner company pursuant to the agreement No.17/2017-18 relating to the 6th respondent vide letters C. No WF13/2013-14/R/ROB/YLM/A2/2019 dated 16.8. 2019 and the consequential letter addressed by the 5th respondent to the 6th respondent dated 17.3.2020 as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and further direct the respondents not to stop the payments in relation to agreement No.17/2017-18 and pass”.

The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:

2. Brief facts of the case of the review, in pursuance of the tender notification issued by the 2nd respondent in relation to construction of ROB (Road Over Bridge) at Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam. The petitioner company was awarded the said work vide agreement No.13/2013-14 dated 27.05.2013. The petitioner company has executed the said work within a period of twenty four (2