ORDER :

The petitioner is stated to be a Private Limited Company and assert that they have entered into a contract with the respondent, for the purpose of operating the Vehicle Parking Facility at Thiruvananthapuram Central (Main Entry) Railway Station, for a period of two years. They say that disputes have arisen between the parties regarding execution of the said work contract because, the respondent did not take any action to remove and stop unauthorised parking of vehicles in the vicinity of the Railway Station; and therefore, that they were constrained to request them to guide appropriately with respect to future course, as evident from Annexures A13, A14 and A15 Communications.

2. The petitioner says that, however, instead of considering their request in its proper perspective, the respondents have now issued Annexure A19, terminating the contract itself and asking them to hand over the list of vehicles parked in the facility. They say that they have been thus constrained to approach this Court through this Arbitration Request because, Annexure A1 -which is the intrinsic part of the contract, mandates that all disputes between the parties be resolved only through the process of