JUDGMENT :

1. By way of these Objections, filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, the Objector (Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited) has assailed the award dated 20.01.2020, passed in case No. 1194 of 2019, by the Sole Arbitrator, Sh. S.P. Singh, District & Sessions Judge, (Retired).

2. When this petition was taken up for consideration, a preliminary objection has been raised by respondent No.1 with regard to maintainability of these Objections, on the ground that as respondent No.1 had approached the Haryana Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council for redresssal of the grievance of non-payment of their dues from the present petitioner and it was on account of these proceedings that the matter stood referred to the Arbitrator by the said Council, i.e. Sole Arbitrator, Sh. S.P. Singh, Former District & Sessions Judge, who conducted the arbitration proceedings at District Karnal in Haryana, therefore, the Objections, which have been filed against the award so passed are not maintainable as the Court which can be approached by the present petitioner under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 has to be the Princi