JUDGMENT

anup Jairam Bhambhani, J. - By way of the present petition under section 9 of the arbitration & Conciliation act, 1996 ('a&C act'), the petitioner seeks interim measures of protection against the respondents in the context of disputes that are stated to have arisen from Master Gas Sales Contract dated 30.05.2001 ('MGSC') and other related agreements as detailed hereinafter.

2. although several prayers have been made in the petition, in view of what has transpired in the interregnum, the petitioner has at this stage, pressed only prayer (a), which reads as under :

'a. Restrain the Respondent No. 1, Respondent No. 2 and Respondent No. 3 from any sale or delivery of gas from CB-OS/2 Block to any person other than the Petitioner till the dispute as to whether there was any valid and lawful termination of Gas Sales Contract dated 30.05.2001 with apraava Energy Private Limited (Respondent No. 4) (erstwhile Gujarat Powergen Energy Corporation Limited and CLP India), is decided by an arbitration tribunal or till earlier resolution by amicable settlement of the dispute between the Petitioner and the Respondents'

3. On the basis of the averments contained in the petition and submissions