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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:171241-DB Judgment Reserved on 12-09-2024 Judgment Delivered on 25.10.2024 Case :- APPEAL UNDER SECTION 37 OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 No. - 590 of 2023 Appellant :- State Of Uttar Pradesh and 2 others Respondent :- M/S Virat Construction Counsel for Appellant :- Ankur Agarwal Counsel for Respondent :- Jagat Narayan Mishra Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.

Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

(Delivered by Hon’ble M.C. Tripathi, J.)

1. Heard Sri Manish Goyal, learned Additional Advocate General assisted by Sri Devansh Rathore, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-appellants and Sri Jagat Narayan Mishra, learned counsel for the opposite party.

2. The instant appeal under Section 37 of 1996 Act¹ has been filed seeking quashing of the impugned judgment and order dated 14-02-2023 passed by the Presiding Officer, Commercial Court, Jhansi in Arbitration Case No. 31 of 2022 (State of U.P. Vs. M/S Virat Construction), arising out of Arbitration Case decided between the parties by the Sole Arbitrator on

03-05-2022.

Relevant factual aspects and background

3. A tender was invited on 01-08-2008 by the appellants for the construction of Head