JUDGMENT

1. The applicant has filed this Arbitration Application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1996") seeking appointment of an Arbitrator.

2. It is pleaded in the Arbitration Application that the respondent-non-applicant approved the application of the applicant under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (hereinafter referred to as "the Scheme") to act as Project Implementation Agency (hereinafter referred to as "the PIA") for training a target of 2300 rural poor youth. On 21.03.2018 a sanction letter was issued by the respondent sanctioning the Skilled Development Project for a duration of 36 months for a total approved cost of Rs.25,44,35,140/-. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was executed between the applicant and the respondent on 15.06.2018. It is also pleaded in the Arbitration Application that the respondent has issued a show cause notice dated 29.04.2019 to the applicant. A reply to which was filed by the applicant on 02.05.2019 and the respondent without issuing a 30 days notice as contemplated in the Agreement, terminated the Project vide its letter dated 01.10.2019.

3. The applicant filed