JUDGMENT :

Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J.

Heard Sri K.K. Dubey for the appellant and Sri Devendra Gupta, Senior Advocate, for the respondents.

2. By means of this appeal, the appellant challenges the order dated 26.5.2000 passed by District Judge, Jhansi, in Misc. Case No.15 of 1998, whereby District Judge set aside the arbitral award dated 20.10.1997 passed by Arbitrator on the ground that reasons were ascribed and that the respondent to whom the arbitrator wrote a letter and deposited the award along with Annexure-A in two separate covers by raising the objection for payment of only the final bill, the Union of India did not produce before the authority below the second envelop which contained the reasons given by the arbitrator for allowing and/or disallowing the claim either of the appellant or the respondent.

3. The facts in brief are that by virtue of an agreement executed between the Union of India and Harindra Singh on 8.12.1987 the contract was given for a work for the value of Rs.31,48,602.40. The work was to commence from 30.121987 and was agreed to be over within a year by