IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 1669 of 2009 Date of decision : November 09, 2009 Punjabi University Patiala through its Registrar Appellant Versus M/s. Rajinder Kumar Contractors and others Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present : Mr. Kanwaljit Singh, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Harpreet Singh, Advocate for the appellant Mr. Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Advocate for respondent No. 1 NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is an appeal against the order dated 27.11.2008 vide which the Addl. District Judge did not entertain the objections filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 on the ground that the Arbitrator was appointed by the High Court, therefore, the proceeding in pursuance to the award can be taken up only by the High Court. Learned counsel for the respondent has no objection if the matter is remanded back to the trial Court for deciding the petition under Section 34 of the Act on merits. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the parties, the order dated 27.11.2008 is set aside and the matter is remanded back to the trial Court to decide the objections under Section 34 of the Act on merits as expeditiously as possible preferably within six months from the receipt of the order. Disposed off accordingly. (Nirmaljit Kaur) 09.11.2009 Judge reena