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[VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING] SANJEEV NARULA, J.

1. The present petition under Section 11 (4) and (6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [hereinafter, 'the Act'] seeks appointment of an Arbitrator in terms of Clause 9.0.0.0 of the General Conditions of Contract [hereinafter, 'GCC'], incorporated by way of reference under a Letter of Award dated 22nd September, 2016 [hereinafter, 'LoA'], whereunder, a Work Order 1 was issued to the Petitioner for carrying out the works of "Residual Process Design, Engineering, Detailed Engineering (including HAZOP Study), Procurement, Supply, Fabrication, Inspection, Transportation, Storage, Construction, Installation, Testing, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Performance Guarantee Test Run, Operation and Maintenance of 80 TPA (NET) Petcoke Fired CFBC Boiler Work Order No. 24875185.

15. For the reasons laid out above, this Court is of the view that Clause 9.1.2.0 only provides a 'venue' of arbitration, and the juridical 'seat' shall vest with the civil court(s) at Guwahati.

16. In view of the above, this Court does not have the jurisdiction to entertain the present petition and accordingly, the same is dismissed.

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