Ramaswami, J.- This Civil Miscellaneous appeal is against the dismissal of a petition to set aside an award under section 30 of the Arbitration Act. The appellant before us had entered into a contract with the President of India for collecting, conveying and delivering parcels, etc., from or to Madras Central Railway Station Goods Shed and other places. Clause 22 of the contract provided that all matters in dispute between the parties shall be referred to arbitration as mentioned therein. The contract was terminated by the Union of India at a particular stage. The dispute between the parties related to amounts due to the appellant before us in respect of work already done and the claim of damages that he made on the ground that his contract had been wrongfully terminated by the Union of India. Admittedly, these matters were referred to arbitration, and the Arbitrator gave his award dated 14th August, 1961. In that award, the Arbitrator said that the appellant is entitled to monies at a particular rate regarding certain bundles that he handled and at a different rate in respect of certain other articles that he handled and further held that the appellant was not entitled to any dama

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