ORDER

This petition has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 , challenging the impugned arbitral award dated 25.03.2022. The petitioner is the respondent and the first respondent is the claimant in the arbitration. The arbitral Tribunal under the impugned arbitral award dated 25.03.2022 has allowed the claim of the first respondent against the petitioner to the tune of Rs.33,87,43,444/- and has denied the counter claim of the petitioner made against the first respondent to the tune of Rs.57,35,03,000/-. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner has filed this petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 .

2. The petitioner is the employer and the first respondent is the contractor, who was awarded the contract by the petitioner for "providing comprehensive water supply scheme to Manapakkam, Nandambakkam, Okiyam Thuraipakkam, Ramapuram and providing comprehensive underground sewerage scheme to Ramapuram". This scheme has been taken up by the petitioner Board under the Chennai Mega City Development Mission Fund at an estimated cost of Rs.143.96 crores under 5 schemes.

3. The petitioner has challenged the impugned arbitral a