(1.) It is brought to our notice that the question of Award of interest for pre-reference period by the Arbitrator has since been referred to a larger Bench in Executive Engineer v. N.C. Budhiraj (dead) by L.Rs. - C.A. No. 3586 of 1984. Accordingly these appeals are tagged with Executive Engineer v. N.C. Budhiraj (dead) by L.Rs. - C.A. No. 3586 of 1984.