Tribunal shall consist of a Panel of three Gazetted Railway Officers not below JA Grade or 2 Railway Gazetted Ofcersfi not below JA Grade and a retired Railway Ofcer, retiredfi not below the rank of SAG Officer , as the arbitrators. For this purpose, the Railway will send a panel of more than names of Gazetted Railway Officers of one or more departments of the Railway which may also include the name(s) of retired Railway Ofcer(s) empanelled to work as Railwayfi Arbitrator to the contractor within 60 days from the day when a written and valid demand for arbitration is received by the GM . Contractor will be asked to sugest to General Manager at least 2 names out of the panel for appointment as contractor’s nominee within 30 days from the date of dispatch of the request by Railway . The General Manager shall appoint at least one out of them as the contractor’s nominee and will, also simultaneously appoint the balance number of arbitrators either from the panel or from outside the panel, duly indicating the ‘presiding arbitrator’ from amongst the 3 arbitrators so appointed. GM shall complete this exercise of appointing the Arbitral Tribunal within 30 days from the receipt of the names of contractor’s nominees . While nominating the arbitrators, it will be necessary to ensure that one of them is from the Accounts Department. An officer of Selection Grade of the Accounts Department shall be considered of equal status to the officers in SA Grade of other departments of the Railway for the purpose of appointment of arbitrator.
