C A V Order

1. Since the facts and issues involved in these four arbitration request petitions are similar, they are being considered and decided by this common order and ARBR No. 48/2024 is taken as the lead case.

2. The applicant-S.K.Samanta & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. has filed these arbitration request petitions under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking appointment of a Sole Arbitrator for adjudicating the dispute that has arisen between the parties.

3. The facts, in brief, as projected by the applicant {in ARBR No. 48/2024} is that the applicant Company is an ISO 9001-2008 Company started civil construction contracts as a proprietary / partnership firm has been in the business of executing EPC Contracts ever since its incorporation in 1982 in a wide arena of projects pertaining to Central and State Governments, Public Sector Companies, Railways, Power Plants, Steel Plant, Mines, Roads, Bridges etc. Pursuant to a Notice Inviting Tender (for short, the NIT) being NIT No. GM(C)/SECL/BSP/Et-Tk/ GVR/2020/185 dated 15.06.2020 issued on behalf of the respondent No. 1-South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (for short, the SECL) inviting tenders for carrying out work of de