( 1 ) THE arbitration clause is as follows :

"without prejudice to the above Clause 17, of the Contract the Company, M/s. AVN Tubes Limited, reserves its right to go in for arbitration, if any dispute so arisen is not mutually settled within 3 months of such notice given by the Company to the Contractor. And, the award of the Arbitrator, to be appointed by the Company, M/s. AVN Tubes Limited, shall be final and binding on both the Company and the Contractor. "

( 2 ) A reading of the aforesaid arbitration clause clearly shows that M/s. AVN Tubes Limited alone has been given the right to go in for arbitration. Not only this, the aforesaid course has to be followed only at the instance of the company by giving three months notice if the dispute is not mutually settled between the parties; and thirdly, the right to appoint an arbitrator has been given only to M/s. AVN Tubes Limited and the decision of the Arbitrator of M/s. AVN Tubes Ltd. is to be considered final and binding on both the parties.

( 3 ) THE cumulative effect of all the three clauses is that it is unilateral agreement. In case any one of the clauses alone had been there, that by itself may not have made th