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2022 (8) TMI 1087
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.... Arbitrator and thereafter permitting the original land owners - original writ petitioners to withdraw the amount as mentioned in paragraph 4, the NHAI has preferred the present appeal. 2. That the land of the respondents herein - original land owners - original writ petitioners came to be acquired by the NHAI under the provisions of the NHAI Act. That the amount of compensation came to be enhanced by the learned Arbitrator. The award passed by the learned Arbitrator has been challenged by the NHAI by availing the statutory remedy under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act to the extent of the enhanced amount. That as there was no stay of the award passed by the learned Arbitrator in a proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act, the ....
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....e present appeal. 3. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned ASG appearing on behalf of the appellant - NHAI has vehemently submitted that the Hon'ble High Court has seriously erred in passing the impugned order in exercise of powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 3.1 It is further submitted by Ms. Bhati, learned ASG that as the award passed by the learned Arbitrator was executable before the concerned Executing Court and therefore when the original writ petitioners had a statutory remedy available to execute the award by initiating the execution proceedings before the concerned Executing Court, the High Court ought not to have entertained the writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to execute the award passed ....
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....ring the fact that there is no stay of the award passed by the learned Arbitral Tribunal/Court in a proceeding under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act and that NHAI took possession of the land without paying any compensation, the Hon'ble High Court has not committed any error in passing the impugned order. However, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the private respondents herein - original land owners - original writ petitioners, is not in a position to dispute and is not disputing that the award passed by the learned Arbitral Tribunal/Court is executable by way of an execution proceeding before the concerned Executing Court. 5. We have heard the learned counsel for the respective parties at length. 6. At the outset, it is required t....
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....ing Court. But, by passing the impugned order/directions the High Court has virtually converted itself into Executing Court. Therefore, once the original writ petitioner was having an efficacious, alternative remedy to execute the award passed by the learned Arbitral Tribunal/Court, by initiating an appropriate execution proceeding before the competent Executing Court, the High Court ought to have relegated the original writ petitioners to avail the said remedy instead of entertaining the writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India which was filed to execute the award passed by the Arbitral Tribunal/Court. If the High Courts convert itself to the Executing Court and entertain the writ petitions under Article 226 of the Cons....