IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:19.01.2026 M/s Gurinder Singh Contractor ......Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present:- Mr. R.K. Girdhar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Somesh Arora, Addl. A.G. Punjab.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI J.(Oral)

1. The present is a petition filed under Section 11 read with Section 12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), seeking appointment of an independent arbitrator in the present case.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that a valid agreement was entered into between the parties with regard to the work of construction of Disty and distribution system of Gogron life irrigation scheme off take at RD 85.200 Km of Kandi Canal State-II and the said agreement has been annexed with the present petition as Annexure A-1. He further submitted that in the aforesaid agreement, there exists a valid arbitration clause i.e. Clause 25(v), wherein it is provided that all disputes or differences in respect of which the decision is not final and conclusive shall, at the request of either par