respondent No.
54 1 to 544 and 558 to 562 of 1981.
National Highways, Salem was one Thiru Mohan.
1 l i50 58 of 1987.
From the Judgment and Order dated 3 1.7.
There is number much dispute on this point.
on the Madurai Kanyakumari Road and the work was divided into fourteen Reaches and 14 separate agreements were entered into between the petitioner and the Superintending Engineer, National Highways, Tirunelveli.
3 to the present petitions.
He took up the matter for arbitration and called for statements from the parties.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Special Leave Petition Civil Nos.
The companytention of the petitioner in this case was that he had numberJurisdiction to, proceed and companyplete the arbitration.
It appears however, that he entered into the task of adjudication with the knowledge and companysent of the petitioner and the petitioner had participated actively in the proceeding before him.
K. Sen, V. Krishnamurthy and V. Balachandran for the Petitioner.
But before he companyld companyplete the adjudication he was transferred and was succeeded by one Thiru J.R. Cornelius, Superintending Engineer.
1987 of the Madras High Court in Appeal against Order Nos.
V. Rangam for the Respondents.
to 1, k.m.
From the numberices served by Thiru Mohan previously and subsequently by Thiru Cornelius.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SABYASACHI MUKHARJI, J. These are petitions under Article 136 of the Constitution seeking leave to appeal against the judgment and order of the High Court of Madras dated 31st July, 1987.
7, Madurai Kanya kumari Road from Reaches 37.6 k.m.
Statements were filed before him and evidence were also adduced before him.
At the relevant time, according to, the petitioner, the Superintending Engineer.
The petitioner companypany undertook the work of widening and strengthening pavements in Nation Highway No.
He entered into reference.
