Judgment

VERMA, J.:- This appeal by special leave under Article 136 of the Constitution challenges the judgment dated 17-8-1981 of the High Court of Orissa dismissing Misc. Appeal No. 145 of 1981 against the judgment dated February 28, 1981 passed by the Subordinate Judge, Baripada, District Mayurbhanj in Title Suit No. 106 of 1980 by which the arbitrators award for a sum of Rs. 21,11,835.00 in favour of the plaintiff - respondent, Niranjan Swain, was made a rule of the Court and a decree was passed for that amount together with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of the decree.

2. The main ground taken in this appeal was that the arbitrators award was per se invalid since it gave no reasons. Some other points were raised to which we shall advert later. The question of invalidity of an arbitrators award merely on the ground that it gave no reasons was involved for decision in a large number of matters pending in this Court and in view of the importance of this common question the bunch of cases was heard and decided by the Constitution Bench in Raipur Development Authority v. M/s, Chokhamal Contractors, (1989) 2 SCC 721. The Constitution Bench has held that t