(1.) O.P.Nos.499/2002 has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') to set aside the award dated 17.5.2002 passed by the 2nd respondent/arbitrator insofar as it is against the petitioner.
(2.) O.P. No. 558/2002 has been filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to set aside the award dated 12.5.2000 passed by the 2nd respondent/arbitrator insofar as it is against the petitioner.
(3.) As the issue involved in both the O.Ps. is one and the same and the facts are similar I am passing a common order.