ORDER :

Both these petitions are preferred by Doddaballapur Integrated Textile Park Limited. The petitions arise out of claims registered before the Arbitrator in two proceedings against the petitioner – one in Arbitration Case No.53 of 2020 which forms the issue in Writ Petition No.12783 of 2020 and the other in Arbitration Case No.54 of 2020 which forms the issue in Writ Petition No.12809 of 2020. The petitioner who is the respondent before the Arbitrator is common in both these cases and claimants are different. Since the issue in both these cases is common, they are taken up together and considered in this order.

2. Brief facts that lead the petitioner to this Court in the subject petitions, as borne out from the pleadings, are as follows:-

The petitioner and the respondents in both these cases who are claimants in the arbitration proceedings generate a dispute between them and did not arrive at a consensus for appointment of an Arbitrator. It is then the claimants approached this Court in C.M.P. No.376 of 2018 and 375 of 2018 respectively, seeking appointment of an Arbitrator. This Court in terms of its order dated 12-12-2019 and 09-01-2020 allows the petition and appoints a sole