JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Arbitration Original Petition filed under Section 11 (6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to appoint an sole arbitrator as per Clause No.17 of the Memorandum of Lease Agreement dated 05.11.2012 between the petitioner and the respondent for resoling the disputes between the petitioner and respondent.)

1. This order will dispose of captioned 'Arbitration Original Petition' ['Arb.OP' for the sake of brevity].

2. This order has to be read in conjunction with and in continuation of earlier proceedings made in the listing before this Court on 11.04.2022, which reads as follows:

'In the captioned 'Arbitration Original Petition' [hereinafter 'Arb OP' for the sake of convenience and clarity], Mr.R.Gokul, learned counsel representing Mr.S.L.Sudarsanam counsel on record for petitioner is before this Court.

2. Learned counsel submits that the prayer in the captioned Arb OP is for appointment of a sole Arbitrator.

3. Learned counsel draws the attention of this Court to a Lease Deed between the petitioner and respondent being 'Lease Deed dated 05.11.2012' [hereinafter 'primary contract' for the sake of convenience and clarity] and submits that clauses 17 and