OCD-8 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/859/2026 SAHA BUILDING CENTRE PRIVATE LIMITED VS PRASAR BHARTI (BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF INDIA) BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 14th October, 2026. Appearance: Mr. Santanu Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Sudeepta Kumar Basu, Adv. ..for the petitioner Mr. IndrajeetDasgupta, Adv. ..for the respondent The Court: Affidavit of service is taken on record. 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. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that vide order dated 20th April, 2022, this Court appointed a learned sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. With the consent of the parties, the mandate of the arbitral tribunal was extended till 25th December, 2025. Later this 2 Court vide order dated 31st March, 2026 had extended the mandate of the arbitral tribunal further for a period of six months. The matter is at the final argument stage. 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 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 arbitral 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.) bp.