(Pronounced on this 3^rd day of October, 2018) Per : Hemant Gupta, Chief Justice: The present revision is placed before us in pursuance to an orderpassed by a Division Bench of this Court on 10.08.2018 finding divergent views of the two Division Bench Judgments of this Court rendered in Ram Niwas Shukla v. State of M.P., 2006 (4) M.P.L.J. 34 and Rajawat andCompany. v. State of M.P., 2005 (4) M.P.L.J. 16. The Bench has framed the following question for the opinion of the Larger Bench:- “Whether the proviso to Sub-section (1) of Section 7-B of theM.P. Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 would be applicable in a situation where the Final Authority has not given any decision within six months?”

2. The issue is purely legal and depends upon the statutory provisions.

The Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 (for short“the Act”) was published in the M.P. Gazette (Extraordinary) dated12.10.1983 for providing alternative mode of dispute resolution in respect of works-contract granted by State or Public Undertakings. The Act hasundergone major changes when M.P. Madhyastham Adhikaran (Amendment) Act No.9 of 1990 was published in Stat