PARDEEP KUMAR Vs. HARYANA STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The challenge in the present revision petition is to the order passed by the learned First Appellate Court on 5.1.1996, whereby the award awarding an amount of Rs. 5,02,150/- by the Arbitrator under Item No. 4 i.e. claim for cleaning of silt and bailing out water from the wells before the plugging of concrete wells, was set aside.

(2.) The petitioner was granted a contract for constructing Aqueduct Crossing Outfall Drain No. 8, Gurgaon Water Supply. One of the conditions of the works order was that payment against any item not covered by the above items, shall be made as per the approval of the competent authority.

(3.) The petitioner has raised a claim of Rs. 7,28,640/- against item No. 4 i.e. claim for cleaning of silt and bailing out of water from the wells before the plugging of concrete in wells. The learned Arbitrator gave the award of Rs. 5,02,150/- by recording the following reasons:-