“8. As regards the second question, namely, as to whether with reference to the terms of Section 31 sub-section (3) the awards should be held to have been filed earlier in the Calcutta Court or in the Gauhati court, the view taken by the learned Commercial Judge was that the filing in the Calcutta Court must be taken to have been earlier. For the purpose of the consideration of this question it may be assumed that that filing was under the authority of the umpire. The learned Judge was of the opinion that the filing of the awards in the Gauhati court must be taken to have been made on the 3rd September when in pursuance of the prior order of the Subordinate Judge dated 24th August, 1949, the present respondent filed into court the original awards with him. In coming to this conclusion the learned Judge ignored the fact that on 18th August, 1949 the umpire in response to the notice previously issued to him forwarded to the court signed copies of the awards and that the same were in that court on or before 24th August, 1949, This seems, in terms, to be sufficient compliance with the provisions of Section 14 sub-section (2) which only requires that on the directions of the court the original award or the copy thereof should be caused by the umpire to be filed into it. The learned Judge stated that he was not aware whether the copies sent to the Subordinate Judge were signed copies or not. The learned Judge failed unfortunately to notice that the umpire himself in his letter dated 18th August, 1949, stated clearly as follows:
