IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUIT NO. 3476 OF 1990 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. .......Plaintiffs versus Mrs. Shakila Elias ...... Defendants. Ms. J.R. Thakkar for the Plaintiffs None for the Defendants. CORAM; A.P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED; 03RD JULY, 2008. P.C.: 1. This suit has been instituted by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited for recovery of amount due and payable by the defendant on account of unpaid telephone bills. 2. The dispute in the present case pertains to the correctness of the Plaintiff' s demand under the said bills. The learned counsel for the plaintiff places on record, an order passed by the learned Single Judge of this court dated 14-1-2008 passed in Suit No. 3063 of 1996 and a prayer is made for disposal of the present suit in terms of the said order, as the issues involved in the present suit and the suit referred to hereinbefore are identical. The learned Single Judge has placed reliance on a Supreme Court judgment reported in AIR 1996 SC 1545 having regard to the fact that section 7-B provides a statutory recourse to arbitration. I dispose of this suit in terms of the order passed in Suit No. 3063 of 1996 by directing the plaintiff to move the Central Government for appointment of an Arbitrator. Having regard to the provisions of section 7-B, the claim in the suit shall be referred to arbitration upon the appointment of an arbitrator by the Central Government . A notification shall be issued by the Central Government to appoint the arbitrator within eight weeks. The arbitrator shall conclude the proceedings expeditiously and in any event, not latter than six months from the date on which he enters up on the arbitration. All questions that are raised in this suit shall be decided in the course of arbitration proceedings. All questions raised in this suit are kept open for being agitated before the arbitrator. The suit is accordingly disposed of. Needless to mention that the plaintiff shall be entitled to refund of court fees as permissible under the rules. (A.P. DESHPANDE, J)