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2. The petitioner is a partnership firm and it has been averred that it is engaged in the business of supplying medicines, surgical products and other allied items. The respondent no. 7 by a supply order dated 04.02.2016 [Annexure-2] issued in favour of the petitioner, had aksed the petitioner to supply medicines and surgical items, as mentioned in Annexure-1 to the supply order, at the rates quoted by the petitioner.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that after receipt of the supply order dated 04.02.2016, it supplied all the items as per Annexure-1 to the supply order. The medicines and surgical Page No.# 3/5 items, mentioned in Annexure-1, were required by the Deputy Director, Medical & Dope Control of the Organizing Committee of the 12th South Asian Games, Guwahati and the petitioner accordingly delivered those items at the District Drug Store on 05.02.2016 vide a challan of even date [Annexure-3]. The District Drug Store had duly received the supplied items by making an endorsement to that effect in the challan copy. According to the petitioner, after executing the supply order it submitted the final bill amounting to Rs. 11,19,902/- [Annexure - 4] before the respondent no. 7 on 04.03.2016. Thereafter, the petitioner pursued the matter of disbursal of the aforesaid sum with the respondent authorities for a long time. When the petitioner did not notice any discernible action and earnest efforts on the part of the respondent authorities to disburse the aforesaid sum, the petitioner has stated that it has to approach this Court by this writ petition seeking inter alia a direction to the respondent authorities, more particularly, the respondent no. 7 to disburse the sum of Rs. 11,19,902/- which, according to the petitioner, is an admitted liability.