IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:04.12.2025 All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT)

......Petitioner Versus Haryana State Rural Livelihoods Mission (HSRLM) and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present:- Mr. Harneesh Kumar, Advocate for Mr. G.S. Sullar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baldev Raj Mahajan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Arvind Seth, Advocate and Ms. Nikita Goel, Advocate for respondent No.1.

Mr. Narender Kumar Vashist, Senior Panel Counsel for Union of India-respondents No.2 and 3.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI J.(Oral)

1. The present is a petition filed under Section 11 (6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), seeking appointment of a sole arbitrator in the present case.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that there was a valid agreement between the petitioner and the respondents (Annexure P-1), wherein there exist an arbitration clause for referring the matter to an Arbitrator. In this regard, he referred to Clause 8 of the aforesaid agreement to contend that considering the aforesaid arbitration c