Anima Hazarika, J.;-

This appeal being numbered as Arbitration Appeal No. 2 of 2008 has been filed at the instance of the appellant under Section 37 (1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ('the Act' for short) questioning the legality and validity of the judgment and order dated 03.01.2008 passed by the learned District Judge, Dibrugarh in Miscellaneous (Arbitration) Case No. 4 of 2007 filed under Section 9 of the Act read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ('Code' for short) whereby and whereunder the learned District Judge vacated the order of status-quo passed earlier and thereby rejecting the prayer of interim injunction.

2. The facts leading to the filing of this appeal may be summarized as follows:

The appellant is the owner of the Tea Manufacturing unit under the name and style of "Dekhari Tea Factory" situated at Dekhari in the district of Dibrugarh. The appellant's company along with seventeen other companies executed an agreement on 03.12.2002 with the responent for availing supply of gas for a period often (10) years under the terms and conditions stipulated in the said agreement for the purpose of consumption of gas in the factories includi

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