IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:20.04.2026 M/S Suraj Cables (India) Pvt. Ltd.

......Petitioner Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present:- Ms. Vaishnavi Sikka, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sharad Aggarwal, Advocate (Through V.C.) and Ms. Archana Chauhan, Advocate for the respondents.

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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 for the petitioner submitted that a valid agreement (Annexure P-1) was entered into between the parties, which is in the nature of a rate contract. She further submitted that the aforesaid rate contract contains an arbitration clause, i.e. Clause No.19, which provides that all the matters, questions, disputes, differences and/or claims arising out of and/or concerning and/or in connection and/or relating to this contract whether or not obligations of either or both parties under this contract be subsisting at the time of such di