Civil Revision no. 42/2014 and Civil Revision no. 43/2014 were heard together on 16.3.2017 whereas Civil Revision no. 155/2014 was heard on 28.4.2017 as common question of law was involved in all the above civil revision petitions and accordingly, a common judgment is passed in the aforesaid civil revision petitions.

2. In Civil Revision no. 42/2014, three agreements for barricading of road were allotted to the petitioner by three separate agreements on the occasion of arrival of Hon’ble President of India on three different dates. Petitioner did his allotted works but his payment was not made and accordingly, matter was referred to Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal, Patna under section 9 of the Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act, 2008. During the pendency of the aforesaid reference, the principal amount was paid by the concerned department but no interest was paid and the Tribunal passed the impugned award dated 04.11.2013 holding that petitioner shall be entitled to simple interest at the rate of 10% per annum from 30.03.2008 till 30.03.2011 over an amount of Rs 92,674/- under agreement no. 495 F2/2010-11 and simple in