hence, petition is rejected as number pressed.
The appellant filed his objections to this application.
Thereafter, the Arbitrator pronounced his Award on 17th of March, 1982.
716/91 and CA No 8829/97 Arising out of SLP No.9060/91 Mrs. Sujata V. Manohar, J. Leave granted in S.L.P. C No.
Accordingly, arbitration proceedings were companymenced by the Arbitrator.
9060 of 1991.
A.G.P. also does number press his petition any further.
The appellant filed separate statements of case in each of the three cases.
However, as the respondents unconnected with the work.
I have been appointed by name as sole Arbitrator.
The order was as follows Both the parties have filed panel of names for appointment of Arbitrator.
The parties were heard and the impugned Awards were pronounced by the Arbitrator on 17th of March, 1982.
Shri G.S. Patnaik, Chairman, Arbitration Tribunal, Orissa, is appointed as sole Arbitrator, send the reference to him.
heard on the petition of A.G.P. filed earlier and objections of claimant.
with him for the Respondents.
G.P. Bhubaneswar present on behalf of respondent.
On 9th of March, 1982, the Arbitrator made the following record Claimant and his Advocate present.
The appellant in these three appeals had entered into three separate agreements with the respondents relating to a works companytract.
Both the panels companytained the name of Shri G.S. Patnaik.
The arbitration clauses under these three companytracts were similar and required a reference being made to the Superintending Engineer of the respondents unconnected with the work.
The respondents challenged these Awards on the ground that while the arbitration proceedings were going on, the Arbitrator, on 19th of February, 1982 ceased to be the Chairman of the Orissa Arbitration Tribunal.
hearing of the arbitration case stands closed.
The Court passed the following order dated 15.9.1981 on the application by companysent of parties from the panel of names given by both parties.
Heard.
R.K. Mehta and P.N Misra, Advs.
however, as the respondents did number refer the disputes to arbitration, an application was made by the appellant under Section 8 of the Arbitration Act of 1940.
It is companytended by the respondents that the appointment of the Arbitrator Shri G.S. Patnaik was an appointment by designation and hence he ceased to have jurisdiction when he demited the office of the Chairman, Orissa Arbitration Tribunal.
for the appellant Jayant Das, Sr.
The respondents filed their companynter claim and or replies.
On 3rd of March, 1982 the respondents filed a petition before the Arbitrator to the effect that since the Arbitrator had ceased to be the Chairman of the Orissa Arbitration Tribunal, he had numberjurisdiction to companytinue with arbitration.
J U D G M E NT The following Judgment of the Court was delivered With C.A.No.
