JUDGMENT - S.M. JHUNJHUNUWALA, J. :---The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, the petitioners herein, have filed this petition to have the award dated 28th April, 1995 made by the Sole Arbitrator declared as null and void and set aside.

2. The petitioners had invited tenders for providing and laying 1,800 mm dia R.C. (N.P. 3 Class) Pipe-Sewer along 90' D.P. road from M.H. 63 to M.H. 69 Dharavi Part IV (for short, 'the said Work'). The tender of the respondent, who has been carrying on business as sole proprietor in the firm name and style of 'Adarsh Builders', was accepted and the said work was entrusted to the respondent for being carried out by the respondent on the terms and conditions contained in the Contract entered into by and between the petitioners and the respondent. The General Conditions of Contract for civil works of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay were agreed to form part of the terms and conditions of the said contract along with other documents mentioned in paragraph 3 of the petition. The work order dated 15th May, 1987 was issued in favour of the respondent and the respondent, as stipulated in the said work order, was to complete the said work with

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