IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.9787 of 2011 Date of Decision : July 13, 2011. Sarvdeep Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.H.B.S.Baidwan, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner filed a Civil Suit for the recovery of arrears of full pay for the period w.e.f. 14.9.1998 to 12.3.1999. The suit was dismissed for non-prosecution and an application moved by the petitioner for restoration has been declined by the Civil Court vide order dated 5.3.2011 on the plea that the application for restoration was time barred. Instead of challenging the said order before an appropriate forum, the petitioner has filed this writ petition for the same relief. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I do not find any ground to call upon the respondents or to issue the desired writ. It is apparent from the material on record that the petitioner's claim is CWP No.9787 of 2011 [2] hopelessly time barred before the Civil Court. There is no explanation whatsoever as to why the petitioner approached the Courts at a belated stage. In any case, once the petitioner has decided to approach the civil court, he cannot be permitted to simultaneously come to this Court in writ jurisdiction when his suit has been dismissed in default. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed, however, with liberty to the petitioner to pursue his remedy against the order dated 5.3.2011 Annexure P-3, if so permissible in law. Dasti. July 13, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE