OCD-4 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/526/2026 MD. WASIM AND ANR. VS M/S. DESNA STORES AND ORS. BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 22nd July, 2026. Appearance: Mr. Abir Lal Chakraborty, Adv. Mr. Sounak Mukherjee, Adv. …for the petitioner Mr. Syed E. Huda, Adv. Sk. Aptabuddin, Adv. Ms. Nabeela Akbar, Adv. …for respondent no.2 Mr. Debrup Choudhury, Adv. …for respondent no.4 The Court: The petitioner has preferred the present petition under Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal for completion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award. This Court vide order dated 24.06.2022 had appointed the Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings were completed. This Court vide order dated 21.11.2024 extended the mandate of the Tribunal for a period of one year. 2 Learned Counsel for the petitioner states that the examination of witnesses is in progress. Learned Counsel for the respondent states that he has no objection to the extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal. Upon consideration of the submissions of both the parties and the materials placed on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue or unwarranted delay on the part of the learned sole Arbitrator in conducting the proceedings. Having regard to the stage of the proceedings and in the interest of justice, the mandate of the learned sole Arbitrator is extended further for a period of one year from today. 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.) R.Bhar