Arbitration Case No. 66 of 2009(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Arbitration Case No.66 of 2009(O&M) Date of decision: 23rd February, 2010 Glowtech Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. ........Petitioner Versus Danga Pirat Co-operative House Building Society and another .........Respondents Before: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mukul Mudgal, Chief Justice. Present: Mr. D.K.Singal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ashwani Prashar, Advocate, for the respondent. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Mukul Mudgal, CJ.(Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996(for brevity, “the Act”) for appointment of Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate upon disputes that have arisen between the parties. Arbitration Case No. 66 of 2009(O&M) 2 The agreement entered into between the parties, contained the following clause with regard to Arbitration:- “All disputes or differences of any kind whatsoever arise between the authority and the contractor in connection with or arising out of the contract shall be referred to the Arbitrator by the managing committee of the society. However, no specific qualifications are laid down for the appointment of Arbitrator.” Upon notice of motion, the respondent has put in appearance and learned counsel for the respondent does not dispute existence of Arbitration clause and invocation thereof, rather he very fairly conceded that he has no objection in the event of appointment of an Arbitrator by this Court. In view of the statement of learned counsel for the respondent, this petition is allowed. Mr. P.C.Singhal, Retd. District & Sessions Judge, is appointed as a sole Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes between the parties. In the meanwhile the parties will exchange the statements of claim and response thereof. The statement of claim be supplied to counsel for the respondents within four weeks and response to the statement of claim shall be supplied to the counsel for the petitioner within four weeks thereafter. The parties shall appear before the Arbitrator on 21.05.2010 or an agreed date convenient to the parties but not later than 15 days from the aforesaid date, after exchange of Arbitration Case No. 66 of 2009(O&M) 3 pleadings as directed aforesaid. The Arbitrator shall make an endeavour to render the award not later than six months from the date of first appearance of the parties. The Arbitrator shall fix his own fee. [Mukul Mudgal] Chief Justice 23rd February, 2010 Shivani Kaushik