JUDGMENT :

V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN, J

This Writ Appeal has been filed by the appellant herein challenging the correctness of the order passed in W.P.No.33916 of 2018 dated 12.02.2019, dismissing the Writ Petition.

2. The brief facts of the appellant's case as stated before the Writ Court is that the second respondent had entered into a contract with the first respondent to execute certain Government contract work. The said contract provides for engagement of utility contractor for shifting any utility (including electric line, water pipes, telephone etc) to an appropriate location or alignment. The appellant claimed before the Writ Court that having completed all the work in full and the first respondent officials having issued completion certificate long back, the appellant is entitled for the payment as per the bill raises by the appellant before the first respondent.

3. The appellant would further claim that the second respondent, the Principal Contractor, has illegally withheld certain amount which is in due to the appellant from the first respondent and also illegally appropriated from the appellant Escrow amount. These facts were brought to the knowledge of the first respondent. How