JUDGMENT :

1. The instant writ petition has been instituted by the petitioner seeking inter alia a direction to the respondent authorities to pay him an amount of Rs. 7,61,858/-contending that the said amount has remained outstanding towards a contract-work executed by the petitioner for the respondent N.F. Railway authorities. According to the petitioner, the amount of Rs. 7,61,858/-consists of two bill amounts amounting to Rs. 3,51,858/- and Rs. 4,10,000/- respectively.

2. The facts which are not in dispute can be stated at first. The respondent N.F. Railway authorities published a Tender Notice vide E-Tender no. RN-ST-10,2017-18 for a contract work :-‘Painting of Signaling and Telecom gears in CGS-RNY-NBQ & AZA-GLPT-MZQ Section of BG-I & BG-II section of RNY Division’ [‘the Contract-Work’, for short]. On such publication, the petitioner took part in the tender process initiated by the said Tender Notice by submitting his tender. After evaluation of the tenders of the participant bidders, the petitioner was issued a Letter of Acceptance [LoA] dated 12.12.2017 as he emerged as the successful bidder, whereby, the petitioner was awarded the Contract-Work at a contract price of Rs. 5