A lot of development for finding out suitable material for brake lining composite has taken place after ban on asbestos in European Countries & USA.Though absbetos,due to excellent properties, has proven its ability to be a suitable material for brake lining still it must be replaced due to its carcinogenic nature.There had been significant number of attempts made by research community all over the world to develop alternative material for replacing asbestos.The current work is an attempt to develop & study performance characteristics of a new NAO composite for brake lining with fly ash.