Sanjay Yadav, J.

1. Rejection of application seeking amendment in the application for setting aside Arbitration Award under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as 'AC Act') by order dated 14.2.2014 by the Seventh Additional District Judge, Bhopal has led the objector to an Award file this writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.

2. Undisputed facts borne from the record are that a contract for consultancy and its implementation services for third party evaluation and quality control/assurance for construction of building costing about Rs.75,372.31 lakh in accordance with specifications and relevant I.S. Codes using funds provided by Rajya Shiksha Kendra Bhopal was entered into between the petitioner and respondent on 29.1.2007.

3. That, on there being certain allegations of contractor entering into certain unlawful activities in respect of payment of first and second bills, an enquiry was caused. Pending the outcome of said enquiry, respondent-contractor was stopped from carrying out further work. This gave rise to a dispute for non-payment of bills and associate claim.

4. Since there exists an arbitration clause 16 in the