ORDER

This writ petition has been filed seeking for a direction to the respondents to release the first part of the bill amount of Rs.3,23,47,358/- to the petitioner with interest for the work executed by the petitioner, which is more fully disclosed in the affidavit filed in support of this writ petition based on the petitioner’s representations dated 30.12.2025 and 11.02.2026.

2. Mr.D.B.R.Prabhu, learned Standing Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Learned Standing Counsel, on instructions, submits that insofar as the principal amount is concerned, the respondents are willing to pay the same to the petitioner within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. However, insofar as the interest claim made by the petitioner is concerned, he would submit that the same is not maintainable.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner is also not pressing for payment of interest for the present through this writ petition.

4. Accordingly, this Court, after recordin