ORDER :

1. At the request of learned counsel for the petitioner, remaining defects, as pointed out by the office, is ignored for the present.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondent authorities to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s representation dated 23rd November, 2021 and consequently release the admitted due payable to it. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respondents, declaring that the action of the respondent authorities in not releasing the admitted due payable to it is wholly illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India.

3. Mr. Sumeet Gadodia, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that a notice inviting tender along with request for proposal was issued by the respondent-State Highways Authority of Jharkhand (in short ‘SHAJ’) on 9th September, 2015 for the work “Widening and Strengthening of Khunti-Torpa-Kolebira Road from (0.00 km to 82.055 km) to two lane with paved shoulder on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode.” The petitioner participated in the aforesaid tender process and on being declared successful bidder, letter o