petitioner has waited for sufficient period of time for appointment of the arbitrator. However, that was not done by the respondents. Consequently, when the petitioner approached this Court by filing a request, immediately thereafter an arbitrator is appointed. Clause 30.2.1 deals with the commencement of the conciliation proceedings, which reads, “the party initiating conciliation shall send to the other party a written invitation to conciliate, briefly identifying the subject of the dispute”. Admittedly, a request was forwarded by the petitioner, however, the same was not accepted in writing within the period provided or within a reasonable period thereafter. Clause 30.2.3 deals with the situation wherein, no reply was received within 30 days, which can be treated as rejection of the invitation to conciliation. True, Clause 30.3 deals with appointment of Sole Conciliator, and Clause 30.4 deals with appointment of conciliator. However, the appointment of the conciliator is after a period of seven months and that too, after a request was filed by the petitioner before this Court. Moreover, Sec.11(2) and 11(4) of Act 1996, deals with the situation in question. If a procedure is agreed upon by the parties, and if a party fails to appoint an arbitrator
