IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL. CM Modification Application No. 1420 of 2007 IN Arbitration Application No. 27 of 2006 (Under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996) M/s O.P. Kalra and Brothers, through its Proprietor, Mr. O.P. Kalra s/o Mr. Ameer Chand Kalra, 33 Civil Lines, Jadoogar Road, Roorkee, District Haridwar. ....... Applicant. Versus 1. Executive Engineer, Avas Vikas Parishad, Nehru Nagar, District Dehradun. 2. Housing Commissioner, U.P.Avas Vikas Parishad, 104 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Lucknow (U.P.) 3. Superintending Engineer, Ditiya Vrat, U.P. Avas Vikas Parishad, Meerut (U.P.) .... Respondents. Sri Lokpal Singh, learned counsel for the applicant. Sri K.S. Mehta, learned counsel for the respondents-O.P. Date February 11, 2008. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard Sri Lokpal Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri K.S. Mehta, learned counsel for the respondents- O.Ps. on the modification application and perused the record. Vide order dated 19-7-2007 passed by this Court, Sri Pawan Kumar Sharma, Retired Chief Engineer, U.P. P.W.D., was appointed as Sole Arbitrator to settle the dispute between the parties. It has been mentioned in the application for modification that the sole arbitrator Sri P.K. Sharma has shown his inability to proceed with the arbitral proceedings. Learned counsel for the opposite parties-respondents has given a list showing the panel of Arbitrators appointed by the department. Both the parties have given their consent to appoint Sri Girish Chandra Garg, retired Chief Engineer, Public Works Department to be appointed as Sole Arbitrator, whose name finds place at serial no. 6 of the said list. By the consent of the parties, Sri Girish Chandra Garg, retired Chief Engineer, Public Works Department (129 Phase-2, Vasant Vihar, Dehradun- 240 006) is appointed as Sole Arbitrator to settle the dispute between the parties. The arbitrator is directed to conclude the arbitral proceedings expeditiously as far as possible. The modification application is allowed accordingly. (B.S. Verma, J.) RCP