PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT, CHANDIGARH. *** Arbitration Case No. 113 of 2009 Date of decision: July 21, 2010. *** Anil Tewari Vs. M/S A.K.Vidyamandir Pvt. Limited. *** Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mukul Mudgal, Chief Justice. *** Present: Shri Padamkant Dwivedi, Advocate,, for the petitioner. Shri Deepak Arora, Advocate, for the respondents. *** Mukul Mudgal, CJ (Oral) In the present petition filed under Section 11(6)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 appointment of an independent and impartial person preferably a retired Judge or any other competent person, as an Arbitrator has been prayed for to adjudicate the disputes/differences between the parties, on the basis of arbitration clause 12 of the agreement, which is to the following effect:- '' All the disputes and differences of any nature arising out of this agreement, whether during its term or after expiry thereof shall be referred to the sole arbitrator appointed by the mutual consent of both the parties, whose decision shall be final on every matter arising hereunder. The venue of the arbitration shall be Chandigarh only.'' Learned counsel appearing for the respondents very fairly conceded that the respondents shall appoint an arbitrator in terms of clause 12 of the agreement. Learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection to the appointment being made. Since, the prayer made by the petitioner in the instant petition has been accepted by the respondents, the petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to appoint the arbitrator as per clause 12 of the agreement not later than six weeks from today. In the meanwhile the parties will exchange the statements of claim and response thereof. The -2- Arbitration Case No. 113 of 2009 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 05.10.2010 or on an agreed date convenient to the parties but not later than a fortnight from 5.10.2010 after exchange of pleadings as directed aforesaid. The arbitrator shall dispose of the reference not later than six months from the date of appearance of the parties. With the above directions, the petition stands disposed of. July 21, 2010 (Mukul Mudgal) Malik Chief Justice.