1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ARBITRATION APPEAL NO. 17 OF 2008 Youraj Mukundrao Patil .......Appellant. versus Ashok Layland Finance Ltd & anr........ Respondents. Mr. Surel S. Shah for the Applicant Mrs. Leena Sapre for the Respondent No.2. CORAM; A.P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED; 22ND AUGUST, 2008. P.C.: 1. The respondent had moved an application under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996 before the District Judge and the same was allowed, by the impugned order. The order passed by the District Judge is challenged by the present appellant by filing the instant Arbitration Appeal. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent Smt. Leena Sapre makes a statement that the Arbitrator has already passed an award rendering the present appeal infructuous. The learned counsel appearing for the appellant is not aware about the fact of passing of award, as claimed by the learned counsel for the 2 respondent. I accept the statement made by the learned counsel for the respondent and dismiss the appeal as infructuous. (A.P. DESHPANDE, J.)