1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORIGINAL SIDE Arbitration Application No.291 of 2004 Umesh Madhukar Sarote Applicant Vs. Melrose Trading Company Pvt.Ltd. Respondent With Arbitration Application No.292 of 2004 Dr.Mukund M. Joshi (HUF) Applicant Vs. Melrose Trading Company Pvt.Ltd. Respondent With Arbitration Application No.293 of 2004 Madanlal H. Pawar & anr. Applicants Vs. Melrose Trading Company Pvt.Ltd. Respondent With Arbitration Application No.294 of 2004 Dr.Deepa Pankaj Karnavat Applicant Vs. Melrose Trading Company Pvt.Ltd. Respondent With Arbitration Application No.295 of 2004 Sumitra Thorat & ors. Applicants Vs. Melrose Trading Company Pvt.Ltd. Respondent Mr.H.V.Kode with Mr.Sameer Suryavanshi i/b. Mr.S.A. Sawant for applicants. Mr.T.H.Bhatt for respondent. CORAM: B.H.MARLAPALLE,J. April 05, 2006. P.C. . The learned counsel for the parties state that the gap between the respective proposals was found to 2 be unbridgeable and, therefore, the settlement talks could not bear fruits. . By consent of the parties Mr.S.R. Shah, retired Judge of the City Civil Court, Mumbai is hereby appointed as the sole arbitrator under section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and to arbitrate on the claims raised in all the five applications. The arbitration proceedings will be held jointly and at Mumbai. The parties to appear before the sole arbitrator within a period of three weeks from today and finalise the further terms of arbitration proceedings including time span and fees etc. . The applications are disposed off accordingly. A copy of this order be forwarded to Mr.S.R.Shah. (B.H.MARLAPALLE,J.)