Prbha Sridevan, J.

According to the petitioner, the award suffers from illegality and the arbitrators have ex¬ceeded the parameters of the power and have committed misconduct and therefore, the award deserves to be set aside.

.2. The petitioner called for competent offers by open tender for construction of Port Site Access Roads and Bridges for the pro-posed Coal Port Project (Contract No. ECPP¬C2). Trafalgar House Construction (India) Ltd. submitted their offer. The respondent is the successor in interest of Trafalgar House Construction India Ltd. Haskoning Royal Dutch Consulting Engineers and Architects of Netherlands were engaged as Project Consultant for planning, design and implementation of the project. The petitioner is the successor in interest of Madras Port Trust. There was a formal agreement incorporating the letter of acceptance, clarifications, specifications, terms and conditions and was executed on 26. 1996. The work was to be completed within 15 months from the date of commencement. The date of commencement is 30.6.1996 and therefore, the due date for completion would be 9. 1997. The work could not be completed within the stipulated period. An extension