IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Arbitration Case No. 127 of 2007 Date of Decision: 04.09.2009 M/s Harjeet Singh & Company ...Petitioner Versus H.S.A.M.B & others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. P.S.Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Durgesh Aggarwal, Advocate, for the respondents. ***** T.S.Thakur, C.J. (Oral) The disputes between the parties were referred by the Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board to the sole arbitration of Shri Prem Singh, Superintending Engineer, H.S.A.M.B. Gurgaon as early as on 16.06.2003. The proceedings, it appears, could not be completed by the sole Arbitrator who was in due course promoted and appointed as Chief Engineer of the Board and thus the matter could not be taken up by him as Arbitrator. He appears to have Arbitration Case No. 127 of 2007 [2] intimated that the Board could be requested to appoint some one else as Arbitrator in his place. The present petition under Sections 11 and 14 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking appointment of an independent Arbitrator in place of the one appointed earlier. Learned counsel for the parties submit that since the claims and counter claims that have arisen out of the disputes have already been referred to the sole Arbitrator, it would be appropriate if the same are referred for adjudication to the sole arbitration of a former Judge of this Court. In the circumstances, I appoint Justice S.K.Jain, former Judge of this Court as sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the claims and counter claims which the parties may have to make arising out of the agreement executed between them. The parties are directed to appear before the Arbitrator on 05.10.2009 for directions. The Arbitrator shall be entitled to a fee of Rs. 5500/- per hearing subject to an outer limit of Rs.1,00,000/- ( Rs. One lac only) to be paid and deposited by the parties in such proportion and at such intervals as the Arbitrator may decide from time to time. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE 04.09.2009 'ravinder'