29.7.2008 Present: Mr Bimal Gupta, Advocate, for the appellant. M/s.. C. N. Singh and J. R. Thakur, Advocates for the respondents. OSA No.6/2001 Learned counsel for the parties agreed that the Arbitrator, who is an ex-officio Superintending Engineer (Arbitration), H.P.P.W.D., Solan, shall hear the matter and decide expeditiously in light of the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The parties shall present themselves before the learned Arbitrator on 18th August, 2008. It will be open for the Arbitrator to proceed on day-to- day hearing and decide the matter within a period of four months, as the matter is very old and the earlier award was given way back in 1999. With these observations, the appeal stands disposed of. ( Jagdish Bhalla ), C.J. ( Sanjay Karol ), J. July 29, 2008 (rana)