IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Arbitration Application No. 21 of 2010 M/s Bansal Construction ……… Applicant. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …… Respondents. Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. B.K. Gupta, Addl. Advocate General for the State / respondents. Date of Judgment: 27.04.2011 BARIN GHOSH, CHIEF JUSTICE Mr. Girish Chandra Garg, retired Chief Engineer, P.W.D., Uttarakhand, is appointed Arbitrator. He shall hold sittings of not less than 3 hours per day. For each sitting, he shall be paid remuneration of Rs. 10,000/- to be shared equally by each of the parties. The Arbitrator shall, at the first sitting, give directions for filing pleadings, disclosure of documents and filing of affidavits by the witnesses, who are to depose. The Arbitrator shall permit cross-examination, but shall not permit any examination-in-chief. Examination-in-chief shall be made only on the basis of such affidavits. The Arbitrator shall not permit unjust and lengthy cross-examination. He shall conclude the arbitration proceeding by holding 15 sittings at the best. The Arbitrator shall make an endeavour to make and publish the award as quickly as possible, but not later than six months from the date of entering upon reference. 2. The application is, accordingly, disposed of. (Barin Ghosh, C.J.) 27.04.2011 Amit