ORDER :

(V. Lakshminarayanan, J.)

These civil revision petitions arise out of the orders passed in the interlocutory applications in LAOP.No.30 of 2012 on the file of the learned VI Assistant City Civil Judge at Chennai.

2. The civil revision petitioners before me are all claimants in LAOP.No.30 of 2012. The Government had acquired lands belonging to a partnership firm under the name and style of "M/s.Venkateswara Roller Flour Mill". Since the land acquisition officer could not come to a conclusion as to who was entitled to the compensation, he made a reference under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act to the City Civil Court. This reference was taken on file as LAOP.No.30 of 2012.

3. The referring authority namely, the Special Tahsildar, Land Acquisition Ennore Express Highway, Chennai, also deposited Rs.45,88,574/- on 29.06.2012. The Court, on receipt of the said amount, has also deposited the same in an interest bearing account. The LAOP was disposed of by the City Civil Court on 23.03.2018. In terms of the order passed in the reference, the following persons were held entitled to the shares as denoted in the Order:

It had committed an error in granted Mr.Rajkumar Gupta a share twice.

4. The Court came to a categorical conclusion that the claimants were the lawful owners of the acquired land. While this proceedings was under way, the partners, who are entitled to decide amongst themselves as regards dissolution of the partnership itself, approached this court by way of a petition under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act in O.P.No.383 of 2016. This Court appointed Mr.K.Palanisamy, B.Sc., B.L., formerly a District Judge, as the Arbitrator. The prayers in the claim petition is as hereunder:

“(i) winding up of the partnership dated 07.11.1980 in respect of the partnership firm namely Venkateswara Roller Flour Mills by declaring the percentage of share of the claimant and respondents in the partnership assets described in the A and B schedule properties.

(ii) ordering sale of the property described in the “A” schedule property by public auction or by private sale by identifying the buyers.

(iii) distributing the sale proceeds from the sale of the “A” schedule property, to the claimant and the other partners and the legal heirs of the deceased partners, as per their shareholdings as per the partnership deed dated 07.11.1980.”

5. Pending the litigation, the parties entered into a compromise on 16.01.2018, and the learned Arbitrator passed an Award on 26.03.2018. It was three days after the date of order of the reference court. The award reads in the following terms:

“The parties of the Tenth Part and Eleventh part herein agree that they shall take necessary steps and vacate the aforesaid order of Status Quo passed in O.S.No.328 of 2005 pending on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad before the sale of the Schedule “A” mentioned property.”

6. In terms of the Award, the partners of Venkateswara Flour Mills agreed that they would take the shares in the following terms:

7. The compensation that