JUDGMENT

M.R. Shah, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad in ARBA No. 151 of 2016 by which the High Court has dismissed the said application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as “Act, 1996”) and has refused to appoint an arbitrator on the ground that earlier the appellant had accepted the amount as per the final bill in full and final settlement and without raising any dispute and also signed and issued “no further claim certificate”, the original applicant has preferred the present appeal.

2. The facts leading to the present appeal in nutshell are as under:-

2.1 That the appellant herein and the respondents entered into an agreement vide agreement dated 22.07.2010 for additions/alterations to Senior Non- Commissioned Officers mess and repairs/renewals to floors in tech area at Air Force Academy, Hyderabad. The appellant raised a revised final bill for the aforesaid work on 10.07.2012. The payment in respect of the final bill was made to the appellant on 29.04.2013. The appellant also issued “no further claim” certificate.

2.2 The appellant