IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.21416 of 2008 Date of decision: 22.12.2008 Krishan Lal. -----Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and others. -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.N. MITTAL Present:- Mr. Rajat Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. ----- ORDER: This petition seeks a direction for release of payment to the petitioner. Case of the petitioner is that he got a contract from the Haryana Government in the year 2000 which was completed on 26.4.2000. Though the final bill was prepared and cleared on 27.2.2001, certain payment was withheld. Since 2001, the petitioner has been making efforts including request for appointment of an arbitrator on 20.1.2003, the respondents are not accepting the grievance of the petitioner. We find that the work was completed by the petitioner in the year 2000 and this petition has been filed after eight years. Apart from C.W.P. No.21416 of 2008 availability of alternative remedies which the petitioner could have availed, a stale claim cannot be gone into in writ jurisdiction. Dismissed. ( ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ) JUDGE December 22, 2008 ( L. N. MITTAL ) ashwani JUDGE 2