THE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR AND PROJECT DIRECTOR PIU MANDI Versus PREM CHAND AND OTHERS OMPM-147 of 2025 26.08.2025 Present : Mr. Sumeet Raj Sharma, Advocate, for the applicant/appellant. Mr. Maan Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.1. Ms. Seema Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No.2 & 3-State. OMPM-147 of 2025 Respondent No.1 has been served and is represented by Mr. Maan Singh, Advocate. No reply is sought to be filed. The delay is filing the appeal is stated to be only of two days. In view of averments made in the application, which are duly supported by the affidavit, I am satisfied that the reasons that prevented the applicant from filing the appeal within period of limitation are justified and bona fide. Accordingly, the application is allowed and delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Arbitration Appeal No.______ of 2025 Be registered. Admit. Notice. Mr. Maan Singh, Advocate and Ms. Seema Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of respondent No.1 and respondents No.2 & 3, respectively. Registry is directed to reflect the name of learned Advocate General in the causelist for respondents No.2 & 3. OMP No.________ of 2025 (OMST No.14789/2025) Be registered. Notice in aforesaid terms. No reply is sought to be filed. The application is disposed of with direction that the impugned judgment dated 02.12.2024 in Arbitration Petition No.358 of 2024 (The Highway Administrator and Project Director vs. Prem Chand & Ors.) passed by the learned District Judge, Mandi, shall remain stayed till the final disposal of the appeal, subject to the applicant/appellant depositing the award amount along with up-to-date interest accrued thereon in the Registry of this Court within eight weeks. List in due course. (Satyen Vaidya) Judge 26th August, 2025 (Pardeep)