HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA CHANDIGARH. *** Arbitration case No.63 of 2009. Date of Decision :January13, 2010. *** Madan Lal Gupta Versus State of Haryana and others. *** CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mukul Mudgal, Chief Justice. *** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? *** Present: Shri Vikram Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri B.S.Rana, Addl: A.G.Haryana, for the respondents. *** Mukul Mudgal, CJ (Oral) This is a petition under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Reconciliation Act, 1996 seeking appointment of an arbitrator by the respondent. The following order was passed on December 15, 2009:- ''learned counsel for the respondents states that he will take instructions as to whether subject to payment of security as per clause 25(7) of the agreement the matter can be referred to arbitration dehors the contractual clause. List again on 13.01.2010. In the meanwhile, a copy of reply be also placed on record''. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is ready to deposit the security as contemplated by clause 25(7) of the agreement. The security be deposited by February 15, 2010. Subject to the -2- Arbitration case No.63 of 2009. deposit of security by the petitioner, the respondents shall appoint the arbitrator within three weeks thereafter. 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 01.05.2010 or on an agreed date convenient to the parties but not later than a fortnight from 01.05.2010 after exchange of pleadings as directed aforesaid. The Arbitrator shall make endaveour to dispose of the reference not later than six months from the date of appearance of the parties. The Arbitrator shall fix his own fee. With these directions, the petition stands disposed of. (Mukul Mudgal) January 13, 2010 Chief Justice Malik