IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 20.07.2010 COCP No.1365 of 2010 Harjot Singh ...Petitioner Versus Shri Dalmegh Singh, Secretary ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present : Shri B.S.Jaswal, Advocate, for the petitioner. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral) The petitioner was an employee of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee. He was relieved from his services on 7.3.2001. Subsequently, a petition was filed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee under Section 142 of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925 against the present petition to recover the losses. The petition was dismissed by the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission, Amritsar on 15.4.2004. The appeal against the aforesaid order was dismissed on 25.2.2009 by this Court. The petitioner has not challenged the order of his relieving dated 7.3.2001 in any proceedings, but sought to make a grievance vide representation submitted on 12.1.2010 i.e. more than 8 years after the order was passed since petition of the employer to recover the amount has been dismissed. Under the guise of such representation, the stale claims cannot be permitted to be raised. Consequently, the present contempt petition is dismissed. 20.07.2010 (HEMANT GUPTA) Vimal JUDGE