Highway Administrator & Project Director vs. Sanjeev Kumar & ors. OMP(M) No. 162 of 2025 1.4.2026 Present: Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocate vice Mr. Sumeet Raj Sharma, Advocate, for the appellant. None for respondent No. 1. Ms. Ayushi Negi, Dy. A.G., for respondent Nos. 2 and 3. In view of no objection made by learned Dy. A.G., appearing for the non-applicants, delay in filing the present appeal, is ordered to be condoned. The application is, thus, disposed of. Arb. Appeal No. __________ Be registered. Admit. OMPST No. 3243 of 2025 Be registered. During the pendency of the present appeal, execution of the award dated 18.10.2023, passed by the learned Divisional Commissioner, Mandi, H.P., exercising the power of Arbitrator, under the National Highways Act, 1956, is ordered to be stayed, subject to the condition that the entire awarded amount, alongwith up-to-date interest, be deposited within eight weeks from today. The application is, thus, disposed of. (Virender Singh) Judge April 1, 2026 (kalpana)