PATNA, India, Oct. 3 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Sept. 3:

1. The present Writ petition is filed seeking a direction upon the respondent to release the petitioner's admitted dues towards the Security Deposit for the executed work, namely, construction of drinking water sanitary tank wells in the ARSENIC affected area at Mohiuddin Nagar Block for the year 2007-2008, vide Agreement No. F2/05, 2007-2008 which has not been released despite the petitioner's repeated request. The petitioner asserts that although the Executive Engineer has closed the aforesaid agreement, the security deposit remains unpaid thereby constraining him to approach this Court.

2. The brief facts as culled out from the Writ petition are that aft...