Common Judgment: (Sanjay Kumar, J.)

1. Parties and the cause being the same, these two cases are amenable to disposal by way of this common order.

2. C.M.A.No.970 of 2016 arises out of the order dated 17.08.2016 passed by the learned XI Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (hereinafter, ‘the Court below’), in Arbitration O.P.No.1669 of 2016, extended thereafter from time to time, i.e., on 01.09.2016, 07.09.2016, 14.09.2016, 19.09.2016 and 20.09.2016. C.M.A.No.987 of 2016 arises out of the order dated 29.09.2016 passed by the Court below in Arbitration O.P.No.2229 of 2016. The orders under appeal were passed under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for brevity, ‘the Act of 1996’). Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), the respondent in the O.P.s, is the appellant in both appeals, filed under Section 37 of the Act of 1996. The respondent in these appeals, M/s. Hotel Malligi Pvt. Ltd., Bellary District, Karnataka, was granted a licence by the HMDA over the land admeasuring 2500 square metres situated adjacent to the IMAX theatre at Hyderabad (hereinafter, ‘the licensed premises’) for developing and operating any one or a combination of

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