SANDEEP SHARMA, J.

1. By way of instant application filed under Sections 14 and 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short “the Act”), a prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner, to terminate the mandate of the Arbitrator and appoint independent and impartial Arbitrator to adjudicate the dispute inter-se parties.

2. Despite repeated opportunities, respondents have failed to file reply to the petition. Vide order dated 10.7.2018, this Court while granting two weeks’ time as last opportunity to file reply, had made it clear that in case reply is not filed on or before the next date of hearing, right to file the same shall be deemed to have been closed and matter shall be decided on the basis of material adduced on record by the respective parties. Since right to file the reply stands already closed vide order dated 10.7.2018, this Court is unable to accede to the vehement request made by the learned Additional Advocate General, for grant of further time to file reply.

3. Briefly stated facts as emerge from the pleadings adduced on record by the petitioner, are that the petitioner had entered into an agreement with respondent No.1 for construction of “22