( 1 ) THE Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation ("g. I. D. C. " for short) has questioned the legality and validity of the judgments of the trial Court making the awards of the Arbitrator, Rule of the Court, in all this group of eight appeals, by invoking the aids of the provisions of Sec. 39 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 ("the Act" for short, hereinafter ).

( 2 ) A few material facts leading to the rise of this group of appeals may be stated, at this stage. The appellant, G. I. D. C. , had filed civil suits against the respondent-contractor, M/s. S. R. Parmar and Company, a proprietory concern, at Ahmedabad ("the Contractor" for short ). In the course of the proceedings of the suits filed by the G. I. D. C. an arbitration agreement, Exh. 35, between the parties was entered into, and the trial court passed order with regard to the reference of the dispute between the parties to the Arbitrator, Mr. B. P. Patel, in all the four suits filed in the trial Court.

( 3 ) THE Arbitrator, after hearing the parties and considering the evidence, filed awards in the aforesaid four civil suits, in the trial Court.

( 4 ) PURSUANT to the filing of the awards made by the Arbitrator in