OCD-31 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/223/2025 SREI EQUIPMENT FINANCE LIMITED VS RANJIT CHANDRA HOWLADER AND ANR. BEFORE: The Hon'ble JUSTICE SHAMPA SARKAR Date : 26th March, 2025. Appearance: Mr. Swatarup Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Sariful Haque, Adv. Ms. Bisakha Pal, Adv. For petitioner Mr. Somnath Ghoshal, Adv. Mr. Satyajit Senapati, Adv. Mr. Dipanjan Karmakar, Adv. For respondent no.1 THE COURT: This is an application for extension of the mandate of the learned arbitrator which expired on January 7, 2025. Parties have submitted that they do not have any objection to such extension. The matter is at the stage of examination of the witnesses of the respondents. Ends of justice demand that the mandate of the arbitrator should be extended for a period of one year from the date of communication of this order to enable the arbitrator to make and publish his award. AP-COM NO. 223 of 2025 is, accordingly, disposed of. (SHAMPA SARKAR, J.) Sb/pa