HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AT JAMMU

AA no. 20/2013

Date of order: 28.03.2014

Pir Panchal Company Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India and ors

Coram:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. M. Kumar, Chief Justice

Appearing counsel:

For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Himanshu Beotra, Advocate.

For the Respondent(s) : Mr. P. S. Chandel, CGSC.

i)

Whether to be reported in

Press, Journal/Media

:

Yes

ii/

Whether to be reported in

Digest/ Journal

:

Yes

M. M. Kumar, CJ

1.

The petitioner Pir Panchal Company Pvt. Ltd. has

approached this Court with a prayer for appointment of an

independent arbitrator under Section 11 of the Jammu and

Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997.

2.

Few facts may first be set out to put the controversy in its

proper

perspective.

The

Deputy

Chief

Engineer,

Construction/Doubling Northern Railways issued NIT dated

28.09.2006 inviting tenders from eligible contractors for

construction

of

Railway

level/low

level

platform

at

Samba/Ghagwal and loading ram