OCD-3 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA (Commercial Division) ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/330/2026 PRATHYUSHA AMR JV VS ORISSA STEEL EXPRESSWAY PRIVATE LIMITED BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 9th October, 2026. Appearance Mr. Shourjyo Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Sourojit Dasgupta, Adv. Mr. Vishwarup Acharyya, Adv. ...for the petitioner Ms. Iram Hassan, Adv. Ms. Yukti Agarwal, Adv. ...for the respondent 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. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that this Court vide order dated 27.09.2023 passed in AP/863/2022 appointed a sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. It is submitted that the mandate of the learned arbitral tribunal was extended with the consent of the parties for a period of six months till 15.10.2025. Learned Counsel for the petitioner further submits that this Court vide order dated 4th November, 2025 had extended the mandate of the arbitral tribunal further for a period of six months. 2 Learned Counsel for the petitioner further submits that the matter is presently at the stage of the final arguments. Learned Counsel for the respondent states that she 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 six 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.) S. A. AR (CR)