SHAKTI TUBES LTD Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) S .B. Sinha, J 1. Leave granted.

(2.) WHETHER the period spent on pursuing a writ petition should be excluded for the purpose of computing the period of limitation in filing a suit in terms of Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 is the question involved in this appeal which arises out of a judgment and order dated 3 10.2007 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna in First Appeal No. 388 of 1997.

(3.) ORDERS for seven lakh meters of supply of black pipes were placed on 16.07.1992. The State worked out the escalation and deter-mined the total increase at Rs. 24.09 per meter. On or about 4.11.1992, 'the Department', however, fixed the escalated rate of price of steel at Rs. 190.48 instead of Rs. 199.04.