OCD-5 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/836/2026 M/S CIVCON CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED VS M/S SPICES BOARD AND ANR BEFORE: The Hon’ble JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date : 14th October, 2026. Appearance: Ms. Arijita Ghosh, Adv. Mr. SiddtharthChamria, Adv. Mr. Adhip Narayan Banerjee, Adv. ..for the petitioner Ms. ChandreyiAlam (Gupta), Adv. Mr. Subhajit Das, Adv. ..for the respondents 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. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that vide order dated 9th July, 2024, this Court appointed a learned sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings were completed on 15th February, 2025. With the consent of the parties, the mandate of the arbitral tribunal was extended for a period of six months till 14th August, 2026. The matter is now listed for final arguments. 2 Learned Counsel for the respondents 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 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.