LEELAJAY TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD Vs. BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) -Heard Sri P.N. Saxena, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Namit Kumar Sharma for the applicant and Sri Shailendra on behalf respondent Nos. 1 and 2.

(2.) APPLICANT before this Court is a Company duly registered under the Companies Act, 1956. The respondent No. 1 is a State University established under the U.P. State Universities Act, 1973 while respondent No. 2 is the Finance Officer of the said University.

(3.) ACCORDING to the applicant the Vice-Chancellor himself was instrumental in cancellation of the contract/agreement. He will not be able to act fairly in the matter and therefore, the applicant by means of his notice dated 16.7.2011 requested the Finance Officer of the University to appoint any of the three named retired judges of Delhi High Court as the Arbitrator. A copy of the notice has been brought on record as Annexure 12 to the application. Since no response has been received to the said notice even after expiry of more than 30 days. The applicant has approached this Court under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. for appointment of Arbitrator.