( 1. ) IN this writ petition preferred under Article 227 of the Constitution of India the petitioner has called in question the defensibility of the order dated 21-8-2001, Annexure P-1, passed by the Madhya Pradesh Arbitration Tribunal, Bhopal (in short the Tribunal) whereby the Tribunal has issued directions to the petitioner to pay the respondents-State a sum of Rs. 6,50,000/- along with interest and has also issued certain further ancillary directions.

( 2. ) THE facts as have been adumbrated in the writ petition are that the petitioner instituted a Reference Case No. 104/89 before the Tribunal under the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) whereby the Tribunal vide order dated 7-9-1995 passed an award in favour of the petitioner for grant of Rs. 11,79,166/-which included the claim of overhead charges of Rs. 6 lakhs and loss on profit of Rs. 50,000/ -. Against the said award the petitioner preferred a Civil Revision No. 2136/95 before this Court. In the civil revision this Court vide order dated 7-9-1999 remanded the matter to the Tribunal with certain guidelines. In the meantime, the petitioner in executi