FAO No.2696 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. FAO No.2696 of 2007 Date of Decision: 6.8.2008 M/s New Goyal Rice Mills .....Appellant Vs. Punjab State Cooperative Society and Marketing Federation, Ltd. another ....Respondents .... CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA **** Present : Mr. Mukand Gupta, Advocate for the appellant. Mr.Ashwani Prashar, Advocate for the respondent no.1. RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral) This order shall dispose of FAO No.2696 to 2698 and 88 of 2007. Challenge in these first appeals is to orders passed by the District Judge, Sangrur dated 9.2.2007, setting aside the Award passed by the Arbitrator and remanding the matter to the Arbitrator for deciding the Arbitral proceedings afresh. Counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the order of remand is unsustainable in law, as the District Judge should have either accepted or rejected the application filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, They, however, pray that after setting aside the order passed by the District Judge, the matter be remitted to the District Judge, Sangrur, for adjudication afresh, in accordance with law, within a fixed time frame. In view of what has been stated herein above, the appeals are FAO No.2696 of 2007 2 allowed, the order dated 9.2.2007 passed by the District Judge, Sangrur is set aside. The applications filed by the respondents under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Reconciliation Act, 1996 are restored to the Court of District Judge, Sangrur. Parties are directed to appear before the District Judge, Sangrur, on 21.9.2008, who shall thereafter decide the applications within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 6.8.2008 (RAJIVE BHALLA) GS JUDGE