JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Civil Miscellaneous Appeals filed against the order of the Sole Arbitrator comprising of Justice R.Banumathi (Retd.) dated 05.01.2021 made in I.A.No.2 of 2020 in all batch matters Arb.TN-STU/MTC/2 of 2020, Arb.No.TN-STU/Tirunelveli/6 of 2020, Arb.TN-STU/SETC/7 of 2020, Arb.TN-STU/Coimbatore/9 of 2020, Arb.TN-STU/Kumbakonam 8/2020, Arb.TN-STU/Madurai/3 of 2020, Arb.TN-STU/Salem 4 of 2020 and Arb.TN-STU/Villupuram 5 of 2020 respectively.

Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed against the order of the Sole Arbitrator comprising of Justice R.Banumathi (Retd.) dated 05.01.2021 made in I.A.No.2 of 2020 in all batch matters Arb.TN-STU/MTC/2 of 2020.)

1. The appellants herein were the proposed respondents in the above arbitration proceedings.

2. The present appeals are against the order of the learned Arbitrator allowing application (I.A.No.2 of 2020) filed by the respondents/State Undertakings herein seeking to implead them in their counter claims in the arbitral proceedings. According to the appellants herein, they were not signatories to the arbitration agreement and hence