IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CARBC No.34 of 2025 Date of Decision: 20.12.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. ……...Petitioners Versus Rakesh Kumar …....Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioners: Mr. Rupinder Thakur, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ayushi Negi, Deputy Advocate General. For the respondents: Mr. D.S. Kaith, Advocate. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) Parties are ad-idem that on account of change in pecuniary jurisdiction, present commercial arbitration is required to be transferred to the Court of learned District Judge, Shimla, who, vide notification dated 18.08.2025, has been conferred ex-officio powers of the Commercial Court at District Level. 2. Consequently, in view of the above, the present petition is ordered to be transferred. The Registry is directed to transfer the present case to the Court of the learned District Judge, Shimla, along with the complete record and the amount, if any, lying with the Registry of this Court, enabling it to proceed with the matter expeditiously. 3. Learned counsel for the parties undertake to cause presence of their respective parties before the learned District Judge, Shimla, on 12.01.2026, enabling the learned Court below to proceed with the matter. Since petitioner has been fighting for quite long, this Court hopes and trusts that learned District Judge will make all out efforts to conclude the proceedings expeditiously, preferably in or before 31.03.2026. December 20, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), (sunil) Judge 2