PNP 1 ARBAP58-10=3.9 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY O. O. C. J. ARBITRATION APPLICATION NO.58 OF 2010 Vatan Singh and Co. ..Applicant. Vs. Union of India and others ..Respondents. ..... Ms. Shilpa Kapil for the Applicant. Mr. Suresh Kumar for the Respondents. ..... CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J. 3 September 2010. P.C. : Counsel appearing on behalf of the First Respondent states that in pursuance of the provisions of Clauses 63 and 64 of the general conditions of contract, the General Manager, Central Railway shall initiate the process of appointing an arbitrator within a period of four weeks in view of the fact that the arbitral tribunal which has been constituted earlier is not functioning as a result of the transfer out of Mumbai of the earlier arbitrator. The statement which has been made on behalf of the First Respondent is accepted. The Arbitrator shall proceed from the stage which was reached in the course of the earlier arbitral proceedings. Accordingly this Application is disposed of by directing the General Manager of the Central Railway to initiate steps for PNP 2 ARBAP58-10=3.9 the constitution of the arbitral tribunal within a period of six weeks from today subject to the condition that the mandate of the arbitral tribunal shall not come to an end in the event of an arbitrator being transferred from Mumbai. The arbitral tribunal is requested to conclude the proceedings and publish the award as expeditiously as possible. The Arbitration Application is accordingly disposed of. (Dr. D.Y.Chandrachud, J.)