(Prayer : Original Petition filed under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act 26 of 1996) to set aside the award dated 23.07.2016 passed by the learned Arbitrator.)

1. Instant 'Original Petition' (hereinafter 'OP' for brevity) has been presented in this Court on 29.08.2016 under Section 34 of 'The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996' ('A & C Act' for brevity) assailing an arbitral award dated 23.07.2016 (hereinafter 'impugned arbitral award' for brevity) made by an 'AT' ('AT' for brevity) constituted by a sole arbitrator, who is former Hon'ble Judge of this Court.

2. Before the AT there was a sole claimant and a lone respondent. Sole claimant's plea was dismissed with costs by the AT vide impugned arbitral award. Sole claimant is the sole petitioner before me in the instant OP and obviously the lone respondent before AT is the only respondent in the instant OP before me also.

3. Though the caption to the petition in the instant OP reads that it has been filed under Section 34 of A&C Act, learned counsel for petitioner before me, in the hearing made it clear that instant OP is predicated on two specific grounds under Section 34, namely conflict with pub