OCD-5 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/718/2026 K2V2 HOSPITALITY LLP VS LIMTON ELECTRO OPTICS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ORS BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 9th September, 2026. Appearance: Mr. Aurin Chakraborty, Adv. Mr. Aniruddhya Dutta, Adv. ..for the petitioner Mr. Ashis Kr. Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Prasad, Adv. Ms. Subhashree Hazra, 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 completion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award. This Court vide order dated 16th July, 2024 appointed the Learned Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings completed on 6th February, 2025. With the mutual consent of the parties, the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal was further extended for a period of six months till 6th August, 2026. 2 Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter is at the advanced stage of cross-examination of the respondents’ witness. Learned Counsel for the respondents states that he has no objection to the extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal. Upon consideration of the submissions of learned Counsel for 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. Keeping in mind the advanced stage of the arbitral proceedings and in the interest of justice, the mandate of the learned Arbitral Tribunal is extended for a further period of eight months from today. The learned sole Arbitrator is requested to make all reasonable endeavours to conclude the proceedings and publish the arbitral award within the extended time period. With the aforesaid directions, the present petition stands disposed of. (GAURANG KANTH, J.) bp.