JUDGMENT :

1. Petitioner, M/s Cummins Technologies India Private Limited, has filed present writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India with a prayer to issue a writ of Mandamus commanding respondent-1, i.e., Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council, Directorate of Industries, Kanpur (hereinafter referred to as “MASEF Council”) to adjudicate and pass necessary orders on petitioner's application dated 7.2.2020 filed under Section 16 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as “Act, 1996”) and refer Claim Petition No. 14 of 2018, raising dispute between petitioner and respondent-3, i.e., M/s Roots Cooling System Pvt. Ltd. to an Institution, Centre or Arbitrator for Arbitration under Act, 1996. In the alternative, petitioner has also prayed that this Court should declare that respondent-1, i.e., MASEF Council has no jurisdiction to entertain Claim Petition No. 14 of 2018, raising a dispute between petitioner and respondent-3 in terms of Section 80 of Act, 1996.

2. Facts in brief, as pleaded in writ petition, are, that, petitioner is a Company incorporated under Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as “Act, 1956”), validly existing a