JUDGMENT :

ROBIN PHUKAN, J.

1. This writ petition, under Section 226 of the Indian Constitution, is preferred by the petitioner-Shri Takam Tatung, for directing the respondent authorities to release his pending bill, amounting to Rs. 75,00,000/- (Seventy five lakhs) only along with the interest thereon.

2. The factual background leading to filing of the present writ petition is adumbrated herein-below:

“The petitioner is the lease holder of a Tourist Lodge situated at Vintage point (6 miles) between Itanagar and Naharlagun road, which belongs to the Department of Tourist Government of Arunachal Pradesh. The said Lodge was smaller in size and not suitable for running a comfortable business. And considering the necessity, the petitioner approached the authority of Tourism Department, for extension of the area of the said Lodge. The Department of Tourism has approved the proposal of the petitioner and thereafter, the he was asked to execute the construction work and directed him to submit the bill after completion. Accordingly, the petitioner has undertaken the construction work and completed the same. And thereafter, the measurement of the work was done by Junior Engineer of the Tourism