JUDGMENT

V. Kameswar Rao, J. - The challenge in this petition is to the Arbitral Award dated November 02, 2018, as corrected under Section 33 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, ''Act of 1996'') vide order dated December 15, 2018.

2. Some of the ancillary facts, as pleaded by the petitioner are that the respondent No.2 (RITES LIMITED) for and on behalf of the petitioner, had floated a tender for ''Construction of Convention Centre having Auditorium of 2500 seating capacity and ancillary building for Puducherry University'' (''Project'', for short). RITES issued a Letter of Award dated January 24, 2012 as well as entered into a Contract for execution of Project on April 4, 2012 (''Contract'' for short) with respondent No.1. That as per the Contract, the Project was to be completed within eighteen months and original date of completion was August 06, 2013. RITES for and on behalf of the petitioner, got the work executed from the respondent No.1 and had taken all actions pursuant to the directions of the petitioner and had even filed pleadings, evidence for and on behalf of the petitioner before the learned Arbitrator.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that till M