JUDGMENT :

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI

Heard Mr. Vikas Pandey, the learned counsel assisted by Mr. Sanjay Kumar Prasad, Mr. Piyush Poddar and Mr. Janak Kumar Mishra, the learned counsels, appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Mrinal Kanti Roy, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent-Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (JUVNL).

2. The prayer in this petition has been made to appoint impartial sole-arbitrator with regard to 10-agreements being no.01 to 10/RE/JSEB/03-04 all dated 16.03.2004 entered between the RITES Limited, a Government of India Undertaking and Jharkhand State Electricity Board [now, Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (JUVNL)].

3. Mr. Vikas Pandey, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a Government of India Undertaking under the Ministry of Railways and a Government Company and all its Directors and most of its share-holders are citizens of India. He further submits that Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) is a Body constituted under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 and is a