1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2262 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2262 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2262 OF 2007 D.B. Kumar. .. Petitioner. vs. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., & Anr. .. Respondents. Ms. Neeta Solanki i/by Kiran Jain & Co. for Petitioner. Ms. S.I. Shah for Respondent no..1 Mr. Mandar Goswami for Respondent no.2. CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE: 13TH MARCH, 2008. DATE: 13TH MARCH, 2008. DATE: 13TH MARCH, 2008. P.C. . This petition challenges the award which has been passed by the Arbitrator in the matter of grievance of the petitioner relating to excessive telephone bills. The main challenge to the award is that the Arbitrator has failed to give a reasoned award and no opportunity was given to the petitioner for which reliance is placed on the decision rendered by the Supreme Court in the case of M.L. Jaggi v. Mahanagar Telephones Nigam Ltd., and others, AIR 1996 2 SC 2476. A plain reading of the award shows that the Arbitrator has not only considered the rival contentions of the parties, but, has also given reasoned order and even provided for set off. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner has a grievance that in so far as the set off is concerned, in spite of the petitioner approaching the office of the respondents with original bills, they are not considering the grant of set off in terms of the award. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent MTNL states that the authorities are bound to consider payments made by the petitioner in terms of the award and if such an application is made, a decision would be communicated within two weeks on receipt of the application along with the original bills in the office of the Accounts Officer of the MTNL. 3. Therefore, we do not find any error or illegality in the award so as to interfere in our writ jurisdiction. The petition is dismissed. (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (Smt. Nishita Mhatre, J.) (Smt. Nishita Mhatre, J.) (Smt. Nishita Mhatre, J.)