Section 9 in The Haryana Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Rules, 1973
9. Arbitration.
[Section 10] - (1) An arbitrator appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 10 shall complete the arbitration proceedings and give his award within a period of four months from the date of appointment. The State Government may, if it thinks fit whether the time for making the award has expired or not and whether the award has been made or not, extend from time to time the period for making the award.(2)An arbitrator shall take down the evidence of each witness, not ordinarily in the form of question and answer, but in that of a narration and shall sign it.(3)Where before an arbitrator is able to finish the arbitration proceeding and make his award a new arbitrator is appointed, the new arbitrator may deal with the evidence taken down by his predecessor as if such evidence had been taken down by him and may proceed with the arbitration proceedings from the stage at which his predecessor had left it.(4)The costs of arbitration and award shall be in discretion of the arbitrator who may direct as to by whom, and in what manner, the same or any part thereof shall be paid, and in case an appeal is preferred to the High Court, such costs and the costs of the appeal shall be in the discretion of the High Court, which may direct to and by whom and in what manner, the same or any part thereof shall be paid.
