OCD-5 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/530/2026 RAHUL LOHIA VS M/S BOOK MY CHUTTI AND ORS BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 22nd July, 2026. Appearance: Ms. Pooja Sah, Adv. …for the petitioner Mr. Mohit Gupta, Adv. Mr. A.P. Agarwalla, Adv. Ms. Suparna Das, Adv. …for the respondent 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 27.07.2023 had appointed the Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings were completed and with the consent of the parties, the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal was extended for a period of six months. Thereafter, this Court vide order dated 26.06.2025 extended the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal by one year till 26.06.2026. 2 Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter is at the stage of cross-examination of the respondent’s witness. 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 advanced stage of the proceedings and in the interest of justice, the mandate of the learned sole Arbitrator is extended further for a period of eight months 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