ORDER :

1. From the case file placed before this Court it comes to light that captioned OP arises out of 'The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006)' (hereinafter 'MSME Act' for the sake of brevity) and an arbitral award dated 23.10.2019 made by the MSEF Council has been called in question.

2. At the out set, counsel for caveator pointed out that captioned OP is barred by limitation, it ought not to have been taken on file and it deserves to be dismissed on the ground of limitation. Therefore, following proceedings came to be made on 02.11.2020:

'Mr.S.Gopinathan, learned counsel on record for sole petitioner (BSNL) and Ms.Aparajitha Vishwanath, learned counsel who has lodged caveat on behalf of second respondent in captioned OP are before me in this web hearing on a video conferencing platform.

2. Read this in conjunction with and in continuation of earlier proceedings dated 28.10.2020.

3. Adverting to earlier proceedings, learned counsel for petitioner submits that he has since filed (on 29.10.2020) an affidavit with supporting annexures demonstratin