(per K.G. Shankar)

This common order disposes of the appeal as well as the revision. The Superintending Engineer and Executive Engineer of the Nagarjuna Sagar Right Canal are appellants 1 and 2. In the revision, the State is the first petitioner represented by the Superintending Engineer of the Nagarjuna Sagar Right Canal. The second petitioner in the revision is the second appellant in the appeal. The two respondents in the appeal and the revision are identical. The second respondent is the Hon’ble Arbitrator who is merely a proforma party. The parties shall be referred to as the SE, the EE (Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineer), the Contractor and the Hon’ble Arbitrator for convenience.

2. The SE and the EE challenge the common judgment and decrees in O.S.No.108 of 1996 and O.S.No.110 of 1996 on the file of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Narsaraopet. Through this judgment, the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge, Narsaraopet made the award passed by the Hon’ble Arbitrator on 02.03.1995 under the Arbitration Act, 1940, the Rule of the Court. Aggrieved by the judgment in O.S.No.110 of 1996, the SE and the EE laid the appeal. Aggrieved by the judgment in O.S.No.10