APHC010517132025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Bench Sr.No:-12 AT AMARAVATI [3441]

ARBITRATION APPLICATION NO: 32 of 2025 M/s. SCS Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd. ...Applicant Vs.

The General Manager, East Coast Railway, and others ...Respondents **********

Advocate for Applicant: Mr. Vijaya Kumar Sata Advocate for Respondents: Mr. Jupudi V. K. Yagnadutt (Central Government Counsel)

CORAM :THE CHIEF JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR DATE : 13th February, 2026.

P C :

This is an application filed under Section 11 (5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, “the Act of 1996”), seeking the appointment of an arbitrator for purposes of adjudicating the disputes arising out of and in connection with the Agreement, dated 16.06.2022.

2. Learned counsel for the parties do not deny that disputes have arisen between the parties which are required to be resolved through the mechanism of arbitration, in terms of Clause 11 of the Agreement, which reads as under:

“11. ARBITRATION Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this agreement shall be settled in the first instance amicably between the members. If an amicable settlement cannot be reached as above, it will be sett