OA No. 531 of 2025 __________ Page1 of 6 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 16-07-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU O.A.Nos.531 to 536 of 2025 and Arb.Appln.Nos.734 to 737 of 2025 Celebi Ground Services Chennai Private Limited A Company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 and having registered office at Room no. 211, Anna International Terminal (T2), CIP Level, Chennai Airport, Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 600027 Represented by its Authorized Representative Mr.Shaliender Chaudhary. ..Applicant in all applications Vs Airports Authority of India Having its Corporate Head quaters at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi 110 003. ..Respondent in all applications Prayer in OA No. 531 of 2025 Judges Summons under Order XIV Rule 8 of the O.S. Rules, read with Section 9(1)(ii)(d) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to grant an order of Interim Injunction restraining the Respondent from creating any third party rights that would adversely and irretrievably impact the rights of the Applicant, pending disposal of the arbitral proceedings. Prayer in OA No. 532 of 2025 Judges Summons under Order XIV Rule 8 of the O.S. Rules, read with Section 9(1)(ii)(d) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to grant an order of Interim Injunction restraining the Respondent, its agents, officers, or assigns from taking any precipitative actions pursuant to the illegal https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis OA No. 531 of 2025 __________ Page2 of 6 termination of the Concession Agreement on 26/05/2025 in particular under Clauses 13.4 of the Concession Agreement, pending disposal of the arbitral proceedings. Prayer in OA No. 533 of 2025 Judges Summons under Order XIV Rule 8 of the O.S. Rules, read with Section 9(1)(ii)(d) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order of Interim Injunction restraining the Respondent, its agents, officers, or assigns from invoking or adjusting any part of the Security Deposit furnished by the Applicant under the Concession Agreement dated 03/04/2023, or from charging any interest, penalties, or initiating any action alleging default in payment of MAG, MMG or Revenue Share etc, for the period after 15/05/2025, when the Applicant was forcibly restrained from performing its contractual obligations. Prayer in OA No. 534 of 2025 Judges Summons under Order XIV Rule 8 of the O.S. Rules, read with Section 9(1)(ii)(d) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order of interim injunction, restraining the Respondent and/or its agents and/or its appointed agency from the unauthorised usage of the Petitioners proprietary software and data systems and refrain from accessing or utilising the Petitioners confidential databases, including customer information, pricing models, HR and payroll records. Prayer in OA No. 535 of 2025 Judges Summons under Order XIV Rule 8 of the O.S. Rules, read with Section 9(1)(ii)(d) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order of interim injunction restraining the Respondent, its agents, officers or assigns from initiating or taking any steps towards initiating any fresh tender process for awarding ground handling services at Chennai Airport, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis OA No. 531 of 2025 __________ Page3 of 6 including but not limited to evaluating bids, issuing Letter(s) of Award, or entering into any agreement(s) with third parties and or creating 3rd party rights for providing Ground Handling Services at the Chennai Airport. Prayer in OA No. 536 of 2025 Judges Summons under Order XIV Rule 8 of the O.S. Rules, read with Section 9(1)(ii)(d) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order of interim injunction restraining the Respondent, its agents, officers or assigns from taking any precipitative actions predicated on the Order of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security dated 15/05/2025 adversely impacting the concession agreement dated 03/04/2023 executed between the petitioner and the Respondent. Prayer in Arb Appln No. 734 of 2025 Judge’s Summons filed under Order XIV Rule 8 of the Madras High Court Original Side Rules read with Section 9(1)(ii)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order of interim direction restricting the Respondent and/or its nominated agency from using the equipment and assets of the Petitioner used for rendering Ground Handling Services. Prayer in Arb Appln No. 735 of 2025 Judge’s Summons filed under Order XIV Rule 8 of the Madras High Court Original Side Rules read with Section 9(1)(ii)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order of Interim Direction, directing the Respondent and/or its agents and/or its nominated agency to immediately suspend the use of email IDs, domains, and IT infrastructure bearing the name of the Petitioner (e.g.,[@celebiaviation.in] etc) or reroute all such emails to third party server designated by the Respondent and/or its agents https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis OA No. 531 of 2025 __________ Page4 of 6 and/or its nominated agency. Prayer in Arb Appln No. 736 of 2025 Judge’s Summons filed under Order XIV Rule 8 of the Madras High Court Original Side Rules read with Section 9(1)(ii)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order of Interim direction, directing the respondent and/or its nominated agency to pay all the usage charges received from the Airlines etc., for usage of the equipment and assets of the petitioner for rendering Ground Handling Services. Prayer in Arb Appln No. 737 of 2025 Judge’s Summons filed under Order XIV Rule 8 of the Madras High Court Original Side Rules read with Section 9(1)(ii)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, praying to pass an order appointing the Respondent and/or its agents and/or its appointed agency as the court appointed Receiver and direct the court appointed Receiver to take necessary custody and ensure safe keeping of the petitioner’s equipment, assets, contracts, revenues, cashflows, accounts, books, documents etc, until the conclusion of the arbitral proceedings and consequently prepare a detailed inventory of all equipment, materials, IT assets and software deployed by the petitioner at the Chennai Airport as of 15/05/2025 and file the same in the Court and further tag, identify and separate assets owned by the petitioner that are being taken over by the Respondent and thereafter maintain complete accounts of the ground handling operations at Chennai Airport, from 15/05/2025 onwards i.e. post-takeover. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis OA No. 531 of 2025 __________ Page5 of 6 For Applicant(s): Mr.Siddharth Shivakumar For Mr.Rahul Balaji (in all applications) For Respondent(s): Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan Additional Solicitor General For Mr.P.Rajkumar Jhabakh (in all applications) Common order When the matters are taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the applicant would seek permission of this Court to withdraw these Original Applications and Arbitration Applications. He has also made an endorsement to that effect. 2. Recording the submissions and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the applicant, all the Original Applications and Arbitration Applications stand dismissed as withdrawn. However, there shall be no order as to costs. 16-07-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No kak https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis OA No. 531 of 2025 __________ Page6 of 6 K.KUMARESH BABU J. kak O.A.Nos.531 to 536 of 2025 and Arb.Appln.Nos.734 to 737 of 2025 16-07-2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis