JUDGMENT

Vibhu Bakhru, J. - The petitioner, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, has filed the present petition under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter the 'A&C Act'), inter alia, praying as under:-

"a) appoint any person, as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case, as a Sole Arbitrator, to enter upon reference in order to adjudicate all disputes that have arisen between the Petitioner and the Respondents; and/orb) award costs of the petition in favour of the Petitioner and against the Respondent; and

c) pass any other and further order(s) which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case in favor of the Petitioners and against the Respondent"

2. The present petition arises out of disputes that have arisen between the parties in relation to a Contract For Guarding Services dated 31.12.2013 (hereinafter 'the Contract') entered into between the parties. In terms of the Contract, the petitioner had agreed to perform the work of security/guarding services as stipulated in Schedule I and II of the Contract.

3. It is the petitioner's grievance that alth