Since the arbitrator had number decided the reference within one year, as envisaged under s.96 of the Act, the first respondent approached the High Court under Sections 5, 11 and 12 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 for termination of the arbitration and appointment of another arbitrator.
Consequently, when they approached the Registrar under the West Bengal Co operative Societies Act, 1983 for short, the Act , the Registrar, by his proceedings dated October 8, 1989, appointed an arbitrator to decide the disputes.
After revoking the appointment of the third respondent Devi Prasad Lehari as an arbitrator, the High Court appointed another arbitrator by the impugned order.
Leave granted.
