ORDER

This petition has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for the sake of brevity, hereinafter referred to as ' the Act') by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board challenging the Award passed by the Sole Arbitrator, dated 30.07.2020.

2.When this petition came up for admission on 09.03.2022, this Court passed the following order:

Captioned 'Arbitration Original Petition' [hereinafter 'Arb OP' for the sake of convenience and clarity] has been presented in this Court on 18.12.2020 assailing an 'arbitral award dated 30.07.2020 bearing reference O.P.No.215 of 2000' [hereinafter 'impugned award' for the sake of convenience and clarity] made by an 'Arbitral Tribunal' ['AT'] constituted by a sole Arbitrator.

2. Respondent before AT i.e., 'Tamil Nadu Housing Board' ['TNHB']

is the petitioner before this Section 34 Court and contractor who was claimant before AT is the lone respondent in the captioned matter.

3. Parties will be referred to as 'TNHB' and 'contractor' for the sake of convenience and clarity.

4. Captioned Arb OP is in the Admission Board and therefore it was heard out in accordance with 'The Madras High Court (Arbitration) Rules, 2020' [hereinafter