S. THANGARAJ, J.

In these Original Petitions, the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, represented by it's Chairman. The Superintending Engineer, World Bank Circle and the Executive Engineer, S. & S. Division III, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, entered into six different agreements with the Contractor P. Ramankutty for the execution of the Work. Subsequently, disputes arose between parties and they approached this Court by way of Civil Suits and applications. One Mr. C. Srinivasa Rao, Chief Engineer (Retd.) Railways was appointed as Arbitrator and the learned Arbitrator passed six different awards under six different agreements, entered into between the parties. Learned Arbitrator has filed six different Original Petitions under Section 14(2) of the Arbitration Act, 1940, for receiving the awards and to pass a decree in terms of the said awards. Aggrieved by the awards. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board has filed Original Petitions challenging the said awards passed by the Arbitrator. All these Original Petitions were heard together as requested by both the parties and almost every ground raised in those petitions are similar apart from some specific grounds raised in particular original pet