IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 1961 of 2009 1. Vinay Kumar Windlass s/o Late Shri V.P.Windlass, 2. Sudhir Kumar Windlass s/o Late Shri V.P.Vindlass 3. Pradeep Kumar Windlass s/o Late Shri V.P.Vindlass 4. Ashok Kumar Windlass s/o Late Shri V.P.Vindlass (All joint owners of Property at 11-A, Rajpur Road, Dehradun through their Power of Attorney holder Shri Ashok Kumar Windlass all r/o 53-R, Rajpur Road, Dehradun). … Petitioners. Versus 1. The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (B.S.N.L.), (through its Chief General Manager), Windlass Shopping Complex, Rajpur Road, Dehradun 2. The Chief Managing Director, (C.M.D.) B.S.N.L. Board, Corporate Office, 148-B, Statement House, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. 3. The Sole Arbitrator-Shri V.K.Surendra, (D.G.M.) B.S.N.L., Nagaur Telecom District, Telephone Exchange Building, Nagaur, Rajasthan. … Respondents. Sri Pulak Raj Mullick, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioners. Sri V.B.S.Negi, learned Assistant Solicitor General of India, counsel for the respondents. Date December 24, 2009. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 3-arbitrator, to fix a final date of hearing and pass an award within a prescribed time as determined and directed by this Court. According to the petitioners, after expiry of the period of lease, they served a notice upon the respondents for vacation of the premises and mesne profits. Under the agreement, there was an arbitration clause. The petitioners approached the arbitrator on 20- 11-2007. The lis has not been decided by the arbitrator till today. 2 Considering the fact that the matte is pending before the arbitrator for more than two years and pleadings have been exchanged and affidavits of evidence have already been exchanged between the parties, now only the arguments have to be heard by the arbitrator. In the facts and circumstances, it is directed that the learned arbitrator-respondent no.3 shall conclude the proceeding expeditiously as far as possible. Both the parties shall co-operate in the expeditious disposal of the arbitral dispute before the arbitrator. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. No order as to costs. ( B.S.Verma, J.) RCP 3