( 1 ) THE appeal and the Civil Revision Petition arise out of the common judgment dated 17-3-1986 in O. S. No. 1165 of 1984 and O. P. No. 376 of 1984 on the file of the First additional Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad making the award rule of the court.

( 2 ) THE 1st respondent is a contractor. He entered into a contract with the state with respect of construction of a wall from M. O. O. O. to M. O. O. 6-447 for protection of Alampur town. The agreement was entered into between the parties on October 22,1977. The site was handed over to the Contractor on 24-10-1977. As per the agreement, the work was to be completed on or before june 23,1979. The work could not be completed within the said stipulated time. The first extension for completion of the work was granted by the State till 31-5-1980. Even by that time the work could not be completed. That necessitated granting of second extension till 30-11-1981. It appears that the work was completed by the date. After completion of the work the contractor raised certain dispute by issuing a notice to the State. The state appointed a sole arbitrator Justice C. Kondaiah, a retired Chief Justice of this Court, on November, 18,1983. The A

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