IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC N0.7453 OF 2001 M/s NIRMAN CEMENTS LTD. VERSUS BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND ORS. WITH CWJC No.4084 of 2000 M/S NIRMAN CEMENTS LTD. Versus BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD For the petitioners: Mr. S.D.Sanjay, Advocate. Mr. Akash Chaturvedi,Advocate. For the Board : Mr. Anand Kumar Ojha, Advocate. 17 15.9.2010 Affidavits have been filed on behalf of the respondent Bihar State Electricity Board in both the cases in which it has been stated that the respondent Board has agreed to the appointment of Sri Swapan Chaudhary ( Retired Chief Engineer, Bihar State Electricity Board) as an Arbitrator for the resolution of the matter contained in the two writ applications. The terms and conditions for the same have also been indicated in paragraph 4 of the affidavit. Earlier affidavits have also been filed on behalf of the petitioner company by its Managing Director in which it was stated that the writ petitioner was agreeable to the appointment of Mr.Swapan Chaudhary as Arbitrator and it undertook to equally share the expenses for such resolution of the dispute. In the affidavits of the respondent Board the terms and conditions with respect to the remuneration, mode of payment and the venue of the proceeding have also been mentioned. Mr. S.D.Sanjay, learned counsel for the petitioner states 2 that the terms and conditions as indicated in paragraph 4 of the affidavit on behalf of the respondent Board are acceptable to the petitioner and he shall abide by the same. The writ applications are, accordingly, disposed of in terms of the agreement between the parties that the disputes in the present writ applications shall be settled by Sri Swapan Chaudhary (Retired Chief Engineer, B.S.E.B) as the Arbitrator on the terms and conditions mentioned in paragraph 4 of the affidavits of the Board. Since it is an old matter it is expected that the Arbitrator shall expeditiously dispose of the Proceedings before him. AnilKr.Sinha ( Ramesh Kumar Datta,J. )