JUDGMENT :

J.B. PARDIWALA, J.

1. This appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent Act is at the instance of an unsuccessful writ applicant and is directed against the judgment and order passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court dated 18th May 2020 in the Special Civil Application No. 18097 of 2017, by which, the learned Single Judge rejected the writ application preferred by the appellant herein on the ground that the same is not maintainable in law as it seeks to challenge an order passed by an Arbitrator rejecting the application preferred by the appellant herein under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short “the Act, 1996”).

2. The facts giving rise to this appeal may be summarised as under:

2.1 The appellant herein came before the learned Single Judge by filing the Special Civil Application No. 18097 of 2017 seeking the following reliefs:

“(A) Your Lordships may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or writ in the nature of oertiorari or any other appropriate writ order or direction, quashing and setting aside the order I Minutes of Meeting (MOM) dated 1.10.2017 of the respondent No. 2 and further be pleased to hold th