NHAI vs. Madan Lal & others OMP(M) No. 349 of 2024 07.11.2025 Present: Mr. Sumeet Raj Sharma, Advocate, for the applicant. Supplementary affidavit has been filed. The contents of the application along with supplementary affidavit furnish sufficient reasons explaining the delay in filing the appeal. Moreover, there is no opposition to the application, as the respondents have chosen not to appear despite service. Accordingly, the application is allowed. The delay in filing the appeal is condoned. The application stands disposed of. Arb. Appeal No. /2025 Be registered. Admit. Issue post admission notice to the respondents, returnable for 18.12.2025, on steps being taken within one week. OMP No. of 2025 Be registered. Notice in the aforesaid terms. In the meanwhile, the operation of impugned order dated 4.6.2024, passed by the learned District Judge, Mandi in Arbitration Case No. 25 of 2023 shall remain stayed, subject to the applicant/appellant depositing the award amount along with interest accrued thereon in the Registry within six weeks. (Satyen Vaidya) Judge 7th November, 2025 (kck)