( 1 ) THE instant appeal is preferred against the judgment in W. P. Nos. 11049 and 12938 of 1990 by a learned Single Judge of this court. Facts leading to the petitioner-respondent invoking this court s jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India are in nutshell as follows : A dispute arose between the petitioner-respondent and the appellant herein in course of the execution of a contract for sale of cement manufacturing machinery. In accordance with the arbitration Clause 12 (2) of the agreement the parties, nominated their respective arbitrators and the arbitrators appointed the umpire. The arbitrators, however, gave an award on 2. 2. 1987 granting to the petitioner-respondent Rs. 17,74,858. 00 together with interest of Rs. 3,05,000. 00. They, however, gave no reasons to support their award. The petitioner-respondent filed O. S. No. 249 of 1987 in the court of Additional Chief Judge (Temporary), Hyderabad, under Section 14 (2) of the Arbitration Act (for short the Act ) to make the award rule of the court. The appellant filed O. S. No. 387 of 1987 re-numbered as O. P. No. 41 of 1988 under Section 33 of the Act, read with Section 30 thereof. The l