Judgment

SABYASACHI MUKHARJI, J.:- Harbhajan Singh Dhalla, the petitioner herein asserts that he is going from pillear to post to collect Rs. 27,000/- which according to him is due from the Algerian Embassy, he further asserts that this is a case where a little mans small claim is attempted to be thwarted by technical device. He is an Indian National. He had undertaken general maintenance work at the Embassy of Algeria in India and at the residence of the then Ambassador of Algeria in New Delhi in the year 1976. He claims that his rightful dues in respect of the said work runs into more than Rs. 28,500/-. He says that he has been deprived of the same. He states that he is in search of a remedy but the remedy alludes him and his claim remains uninvestigated and undecided.

2. The petitioner narrates his story that he had written to all and sundry to extend some help in obtaining his dues but nothing tangible has resulted so far. The petitioner had approached the Ministry of External Affairs for granting permission to sue the Algerian Embassy for recovering his dues. After numerous letters and passage of number of years in the processing of his request, he received a letter from the Min