JUDGMENT

Manoj Kumar Ohri, J. - The present petitions have been filed raising cross objections under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereafter, the A&C Act) against the arbitral award dated 21.02.2018 (hereafter, the Impugned Award) delivered by the Arbitral Tribunal comprising of Sole Arbitrator (hereafter, AT).

2. The impugned award came to be delivered in the context of six Contract Agreements dated 04.01.2016 (hereafter, the Contracts) which came to be executed in consequence of Public Tenders invited by Energy Efficiency Service Limited (hereafter, the Principal Employer) for distribution of LED bulbs in six States i.e., Delhi, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Ram Raja Sarkar Lok Kalyan Trust (hereafter, the Contractor) was declared as the successful bidder and was awarded the works vide separate letters of award for all the six States. The Contract price was fixed at Rs.7,03,26,658.50 i.e., 1,35,76,575 bulbs @ Rs.5.18 per bulb w.r.t Rajasthan. Similarly, for other States, the Contract price was fixed at varied rates. The Contract price was exclusive of all applicable taxes and duties but inclusive of loading/unloading/ins