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12. It appears that on the same date i.e. 13 th November 2014 the counsel for the Petitioner addressed a separate letter to the Arbitrator Mr. A.K. Samanta again referring to the decision in Raja Transport Private Ltd. and stating that he should cancel any date fixed for arbitration and objected to the recording of certain minutes of the proceedings that took place on 27th September 2014.

13. The learned Arbitrator appears to have addressed a letter to the parties on 27th November 2014 asserting that his appointment was in line with Clause 56 of the contract and that "the parties are at liberty to raise all the issues during the Arbitral proceedings, which will be decided by providing equal opportunity to both the claimant as well as respondent". He requested the parties to take part in the arbitration proceedings without fail. On 6th January 2015, the Petitioner again addressed another letter to the Regional Executive Director, NTPC objecting to the appointment of Mr. Samanta as Arbitrator and this was replied to on 4th February 2015 refuting the allegation of bias and asking the Petitioner to appear before the Arbitrator.