CHANDRASEKHARA SASTRY, J.

( 1 ) THE question raised in these revision petitions relates to the amount of Stamp duty payable on an award. The plaintiffs sought to obtain a decree in terms or an award under Sections 14 and 17 of the Arbitration Act, 1940. The plaintiffs and the defendants were partners carrying on several businesses and due to disputes, which arose between them, they referred the matter to arbitration by two arbitrators with a provision to have third arbitrator as an umpire. The award is dated 28-11-59. It was sent to the lower Court by the arbitrators by post on 25-1-61. When P. W. 1, one of the arbitrators, was in the witness box, this award was put to him. Then the 1st defendants counsel Mr. D. L. Chetty objected to the admissibility of the document; but the document was marked as Ex. A. 9, while at the same time in the deposition of P. W. I, it was noted by the court as follows:"mr. D. L. Chetty for 1st defendant objects to the admissibility -- As there is an issue No. 6 about the admissibility of the document, a finding on this will be given along with the finding on the other issues in the judgment. "

( 2 ) ISSUE No. 6 reads as follows:"whether the award is inad

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