M/S Bright International School v. The State Of Telangana

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD

FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH *THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN AND *THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE J. UMA DEVI + WRIT PETITION No.13485 of 2018 % Date: 19.04.2018 Between:

# M/ s.Bright International School, Rep. by Mohammed Afzal, Edi Bazar, Hyderabad .. Petitioner Vs.

$ The State of Telangana, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Law and Legislative affairs, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents ! Counsel for petitioner : M/ s.Khaja Manzoor Ali ^ Counsel for respondents : Government Pleader for Law & Legislative (TG) <GIST:

>HEAD NOTE:

? CASES REFERRED:

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN AND THE HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE J. UMA DEVI WRIT PETITION No.13485 OF 2018 ORDER: (per Just ice V. Ramasubramanian) The petitioner has come up with the above writ petition challenging an Arbitration Award.

2. Heard Mr.Khaja Manzoor Ali, learned counsel for the petitioner.

3. An Arbitration Award cannot be challenged in a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The appropriate remedy available to the petitioner is only to go under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

4. Therefore, the Writ Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand dismissed. No order as to costs.

_____________________ V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J ____________ J. UMA DEVI, J April 19, 2018 KTL