A.O. No. 301 of 2009 With Stay App. No. 7491 / 09 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. M.C. Pant, Advocate present for the appellants. Heard learned counsel for the appellants. This appeal is directed against the order dated 18.08.2009, passed by the District Judge, Dehradun, in Arbitration Case No. 41 of 2008, whereby said court has directed that the petition moved under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, be returned to the petitioner for being presented before the court having jurisdiction. Brief facts of the case are that the parties to the proceedings entered into an agreement at Uttarkashi. The respondent contractor engaged to execute the work in the district of Uttarkashi, as such, the subject matter of the agreement relates to district Uttarkashi. Section 2(1)(e) of the aforesaid Act defined word ‘court’ and provides that it means the principal civil court of original jurisdiction in a district having jurisdiction to the questions forming the subject matter of arbitration. In the above circumstances, this Court does not find any error of law committed by the District Judge, Dehradun, in returning the petition moved under Section 34 of the Act to the petitioner on the objection been raised by the respondent before said court, for presentation before the competent court i.e. court of the District Judge at Uttarkashi. Therefore, this Court does not find any force in this appeal. The appeal is dismissed with the observation that if the petition received in pursuance to the impugned order is presented before the court at Uttarkashi within fifteen days, the court at Uttarkashi shall proceed with the execution application filed by the respondent, after disposal of the petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. (Stay Application No. 7491 of 2009 also stands dismissed). (P.C. P., J.) 27.10.2009 HN