Thiru Justice E.J. Bellie, President—Of the four opposite parties in the O.P., the 2nd opposite party against which alone an award has been passed, is the appellant. The complainant Administrator, M.R. Krishnamurthy Co-opera- tive Sugar Mills Ltd., Sethiathope placed an indent to the 2nd opposite party-Regional Manager, Cement Corporation of India Limited, Madras for supply of 100 MT of cement on 4.3.1992. It appears as against the quantum of cement to be supplied as per the invoice being 87.100 MT, actually only 78.130 MT cement was . supplied. The complainant has paid an advance of Rs. 1,80,000/-. The construction work was started on 13.3.1992 and 150 bags of cement was used for RCC roofing and sunshade. While using the cement purchased, the Engineers of the complainant suspected the quality of the cement and therefore me work was stopped. On account of this, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs. 51,500/- After a legal notice and a telex message issued, one Mr. Natarajan, Sales Officer of the 2nd opposite party visited the complainant's factory on 20.3.1992 and noted the poor quality of the cement. The 4th opposite party carried the cement from the 2nd opposite party and de