1 arb199.06.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGNAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION APPLCIATION NO. 199 OF 2006 M/s S.N. Lalwani ...Applicant. versus Union of India and another ..Respondents None for the Applicant. Mr. Suresh Kumar for the Respondnets. CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J 19 November 2010. P.C. : 1. On the admitted facts as they stand, the application under section 11(6) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 is hopelessly belated and would have to be dismissed on the ground that the claim is barred by limitation. The work was awarded to the spouse of the applicant on 10 August, 1992 by the Central Railway. In paragraph 4 of the application it has been stated that the work was completed on 6 December, 1995. The Arbitration Agreement was invoked by a notice dated 26 December, 2000 five years after the completion of the work. The spouse of the applicant died on 24 October, 2001. The application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act was lodged in this Court on 13 November, 2006. The invocation was 5 years after the work was completed and the arbitration application has been filed 6 years after invocation. The claim is barred by limitation. 2 arb199.06.sxw 2. The Arbitration Application is accordingly dismissed. (Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, J.)