JUDGMENT :

1. The Petitioner seeks appointment of any retired District Judge willing to conduct arbitral proceeding at Nashik under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”) and further direction to the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council to hand over all the records and proceedings in their custody to the arbitrator so appointed.

2. The Petitioner is registered as a small entity under the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (“The MSMED Act”). The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises certifying the date of incorporation of the Petitioner as 21st March 2003 has issued the Udyam Registration Certificate. The Petitioner is a supplier and the Respondent No.2 is a buyer, who according to the Petitioner is liable to pay Rs.92,41,072/- to the Petitioner till 28th February 2023 with future interest as per the MSMED Act till realization of the amount. The Respondent No.1 is the Micro & Small Enterprises Facilitation Council ("MSEFC").

3. The Petitioner, a registered MSME, filed the statement of claim alongwith a declaration of termination of conciliation under Section 76(d) of the Act. It is the case of the Petitioner that de