(1.) ALL these matters being interconnected have been taken up for hearing together and are disposed of by this common judgment as common questions of law and fact arise in all these 4 cases.
(2.) IN all these 4 cases the petitioners have asked for leave to revoke the authority of the Arbitrator, Mr. R. K. Bhatnagar, Respondent No.2. to act as Sole Arbitrator and for his removal from acting as such Sole Arbitrator and for appointment of any fit and proper person in place and stead of Mr. R. K. Bhatnagar. The facts which give rise to these petitions may be briefly stated as follows :
(3.) THE petitioners through their Advocate disputed the said cancellation of the contracts and also put forward their counter-claim.