JUDGMENT :

[Per : Manoj Kumar Vyas, J.]

1. By way of this special appeal challenge has been made to the judgment of learned Single Judge dated 24.02.2021 by which the writ petition filed by the appellants, was dismissed.

2. Brief facts of the case are that a coordinate Bench of this court vide its order dated 02.04.2018 appointed Mr. Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma (Retd.) as the Sole Arbitrator under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereafter referred as ‘the Act of 1996’). Subsequently Mr. Justice Dinesh Chandra Somani (Retd.) was appointed as Sole Arbitrator vide order dated 15.12.2018. The order dated 15.12.2018 was challenged by way of review petition by the appellants and the same was dismissed vide order dated 03.01.2019. The claimant-respondent had filed claim petition before the Sole Arbitrator seeking two sets of claim i.e. (i) for 1,05,45,760/- and (ii) for 1,77,00,000/- along with interest @ 18% p.a. till its realization. During the course of arbitral proceedings the Sole Arbitrator vide order dated 28.04.2019 determined his fees at Rs. 06,48,696/- as per Section 11(14) read with Schedule-IV of the Act of 1996. The Sole Arbitrator had also mentioned