ARB.P. 1706/2026 1 $~33 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010455042026 + ARB.P. 1706/2026 & I.A. 26334/2026 JOGINDER SINGH TYAGI PROPRIETOR OF M/S PARMAR ELECTRICAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhishek Semwal, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Avtaar Singh Deol, SPC. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 23.09.2026 1. Petition has been filed under Section 11(6) read with Section 15 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act. 1996. 2. Admittedly, earlier also, the petitioner had filed a similar petition (ARB.P. No. 504/2024) seeking appointment of Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes in question and this Court, vide order dated 16.07.2024, appointed Mr. Kamlesh Kumar, who was on the panel of Central Public Works Department (CPWD), to act as Sole Arbitrator. 3. The abovesaid appointment was, primarily, made for the reason that there was another dispute between the parties and Mr. Kamlesh Kumar had been appointed Sole Arbitrator in such other matter also and, therefore, he was appointed in order to avoid any possibility of there being any conflicting orders. 4. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the award in the connected matter i.e. related to ARB. P. No. 505/2024 has already been passed and is, reportedly, under challenge. 5. The present impasse has arisen for the reason that the abovesaid Sole This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/09/2026 at 11:02:00 ARB.P. 1706/2026 2 Arbitrator is one of the members of Works Committee of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and since the case pertained to a matter where IGNOU was also one of the parties, he recused claiming conflict of interest. 6. Reference be made to his letter dated 21.08.2024. 7. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that, thereafter, they had received one communication from Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), asking the parties to give a name with mutual consensus or else, to file appropriate petition seeking substitution. He submits that, in the interregnum, the parties were also trying to resolve the matter amicably and, therefore, there is a delay in filing the present petition. 8. Learned counsel for respondent appears on advance notice and submits that he would have no objection if a new Sole Arbitrator having engineering background is appointed by DIAC from its empanelled list. 9. Present petition is accordingly disposed of with request to DIAC to appoint Sole Arbitrator having engineering background from its empanelled list, as per Rules. MANOJ JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 23, 2026/sw/dr/sa This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/09/2026 at 11:02:00