ORDER :

A. Rajasheker Reddy, J.

This Application is filed under Section 11(6)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short ‘the Act of 1996’) for appointment of sole arbitrator for adjudication of the disputes between the parties.

2. It is the case of the applicant that the applicant-Vijay Nirman Company Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘petitioner company’) is an engineering and construction company incorporated and registered under Companies Act, 1956, having its registered office at Pandurangapuram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and branch office at Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad. The respondent-M/s.U.P. Rajkiya Nirman Nigam Limited (an UP Government Undertaking) Hyderabad Unit, is engaged in undertaking engineering, construction works on Turn Key basis and represented through its project Manager Mr. A.K.Agarwal).

3. Initially M/s.Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), a Central Government institution constituted under the provisions of ESI Act, 1948, having its headquarters at New Delhi, awarded the work of construction of ESI Hospital Building at Sanathnagar, Hyderabad vide Turn Key Agreement dated 04.09.2009. The respondent, in turn, entered into cont