Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

The question posed in this petition is purely a legal one and, therefore, it is not at all necessary to refer to the facts, save and except that the appellant filed objections against the award passed by the Arbitrator in the Court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), which were dismissed on the ground that the same were not maintainable, under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short “Act of 1940”), as the award has been passed under the Arbitration Act, 1940.

2. The moot question, however, is whether the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division) at the first place had the jurisdiction to entertain such objections or the order passed by him is without jurisdiction and is thus coram non judis.

3. It is not in dispute that the proceedings, which have ultimately culminated into an award under challenge, had been initiated in the year 1986 and it is for the fourth time that an award has come to be passed on 10.2.2009 by the Arbitrator-cum-Managing Director of the respondent-corporation.

4. A notice of the commencement of the arbitration is the first essential step towards the making of default appointment in terms of Chapter-I