ORDER OCD - 405 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE EC-COM/416/2025 L AND T FINANCE LIMITED VS MUKESH KUMAR GUPTA BEFORE HON'BLE JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date: May 21, 2026. Appearance:- Ms. Shrayashee Das, Adv. Mr. Tridibesh Dasgupta, Adv. Ms. Anukriti Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Swagata Ghosh, Adv. …for award-holder. The Court:- Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the award holder seeks permission to withdraw the present execution petition on the ground that the award sought to be executed was rendered by a learned Sole Arbitrator who had been unilaterally appointed. It is submitted that, in view of the judgment dated 14.05.2026 rendered by this Court in EC-COM 334 of 2026, such an award is non est in the eyes of law and is incapable of execution. In view of the aforesaid submission, the present execution petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty reserved in favour of the award holder to initiate fresh arbitral proceedings before a duly and validly constituted Arbitral Tribunal, appointed in accordance with law. (GAURANG KANTH, J.) R. D. Barua