R. BAYAPU REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal is filed by the plaintiff in O. S. 2088/88 on the file of the V Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad questioning the impugned judgment dated 20. 1. 1996 by which the suit filed under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 (Old) was dismissed.

( 2 ) THE appellant, who is the plaintiff in the suit, entered into an agreement with the respondents, who represent the Government of India, for executing the work of construction of New Broad Guagc Railway line and other connected works and a written agreement dated 14-7-1983 was executed between them- The said agreement contains an arbitration clause to enable the parties to refer to the arbitrator if any disputes arise between them in connection with the execution of the said work. As disputes arose relating to payment of sonic amounts in connection with the above said work, the appellant submitted eight claims to the respondents on 9-7-1986 claiming the amount covered by the said claims. The respondents allowed claim No. 2 and rejected the claims 1 and 3 to 8 by the proceedings dated 14-12-1987. Thereupon, the appellant requested the first respondent on 21-12-1987 to refer the disputed claim

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