1 ARBAP164.07.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION APPLICATION NO. 164 OF 2007 Virendra Singh Chauhan ... Applicant Vs 1. Union of India & anr. ... Respondents Mr. Toni S. Sachdevani i/b V.R. Hukmani for the Applicant. Mr. Suresh Kumar for the Respondents. CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATED : 15TH JULY, 2010. P.C. : 1. This is an application under section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, for appointment of an Arbitrator. 2. The Applicants admit not only that the final bill was issued, but that it was signed by them on 22nd December, 2005. The Applicant, however, invoked the arbitration only on 13th March, 2007. There is, 2 ARBAP164.07.sxw therefore, no live claim. It is a long-barred claim in view of clause 64 (1)(iv) of the General Conditions of Contract. Under that clause, the Respondent is discharged and released of all liabilities under the contract and the Applicant is deemed to have waived all the claims. 3. In the circumstances, the Arbitration Application is dismissed.