Kendrapada: A court in Odisha’s Kendrapada district attached the property of the Rural Development Department’s Division-II office here over non-payment of Rs 1.37 crore dues to a contractor.
A special team carried out the attachment at the department’s office in Shyamagudia, on the outskirts of Kendrapara town, following an order of the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Commercial Court Friday. A notice was pasted on the office wall on Thursday, and an inventory of movable assets was prepared in the presence of the contractor’s lawyer.
The case concerns unpaid bills of contractor Ramesh Chandra Samantaray of Kujang Sandhapur village, who constructed two cyclone shelters at Talchua and Daleisahi under Rajnagar block in 2003 at a cost of Rs 1.07 crore.
After the department failed to clear his dues, Samantaray approached the court, which subsequently directed the department to pay the outstanding amount with interest.
Samantaray died during the pendency of the case, following which his wife and legal heirs were substituted as petitioners.
The attached assets will be valued before being auctioned, if necessary, to recover the outstanding dues, an official said.
PTI
