( 1 ) IN the petition under Section 33 of the Indian Arbitrationact (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), seeking declaration that there is no validarbitration agreement between the petitioner and respondent No. 1; that thealleged arbitration agreement contained in the proposed contract is of no effect; adeclaration that there is no contract and/or privity of contract much less a validarbitration agreement between the petitioner and respondents 2-4; that the Indiancouncil of Arbitration has no jurisdiction to arbitrate on the claims against thepetitioner, of respondents 1-4, as contained in the statement of claim filed before theica in matter titled "stora Kvarnasvenden AB and Others v. STC of India Ltd. "case No. 1ca/ac/452; and that the arbitration proceeding before the Indiancouncil of Arbitration in Case No. 1ca/ac452 is illegal and without jurisdiction,on the grounds that there is no arbitration agreement between the petitioner andrespondent No. 1 and there is no privity of contract much less an arbitrationagreement between the petitioner and respondents 2-4, the petitioner, by this I. A. under Section 41 of the Act, seeks stay of the arbitration proceedings pendi