OCD-15 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/405/2026 KIRAN PATRA AND ANR. VS RATNA DEY AND ORS. BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 17th June, 2026. Appearance: Mr. Ayan Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Arijit Bhowmick, Adv. Ms. Debasree Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Snigdha Das, Adv. …for the petitioners Mr. Shoham Sanyal, Adv. Mr. Indranil Chandra, Adv. ...for the respondents The Court :- The petitioner has preferred the present petition under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking extension of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal for conclusion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that this Court had on earlier occasions granted four extensions to the learned Sole Arbitrator for conclusion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award. The last extension was granted on 2nd December, 2025 for a further period of six months. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submit that the matter is presently at the stage of conclusion of arguments and is listed before the learned sole Arbitrator today. 2 Learned Counsel for the respondents state that he has no objection to the extension of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal. Upon consideration of the submissions of the parties and the materials placed on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue and unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole arbitrator in concluding the proceedings. Having regard the advanced stage of the arbitral proceedings and in the interest of justice, the mandate of the arbitral tribunal is extended further for a period of four months for conclusion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the award within the extended time period. The learned sole arbitrator is requested to make all reasonable endeavours to conclude the arbitral proceedings and publish the arbitral award within the extended time period. With the aforesaid observations, the present petition stands disposed of. (GAURANG KANTH, J.) S. A. AR (CR)