( 1 ) ADMIT. ON a reference being made to the Arbitrator, the award was made on 17. 4. 2000. The award was admittedly received by the appellant on 20. 4. 2000. The appellants moved an application under Section 33 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (in short referred to as the "act" ) before the arbitrator for correction of the award, on 19th July, 2000. Notice of this application was issued by the Arbitrator to the respondents. On being pointed out by the respondents that an application under Section 33 of the Act could be filed only within 30 days, the Arbitrator dismissed the application on 15. 9. 2000. Objections to the award under Section 34 of the Act were thereafter filed by the appellants on 27. 11. 2000. Since under Section 34 of the Act, objections could be filed within three months of the date of receipt of the award by the party and if the party is prevented by sufficient cause from making an application within the period of three months, the Court could entertain the application within a further period of 30 days, the objections were dismissed by the learned Additional District Judge on the ground that the same were clearly barred by time and the Court had no juris

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