$~45 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 90/2026 A S PATEL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ivan, Mr. Harshvardhan Rathore, Ms. Monika Prakash & Mr. Raghav Srivastava, Advs. versus NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Santosh Kumar, Standing Counsel with Mr. Ritik Dwivedi, Adv. for R-1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR O R D E R % 20.03.2026 1. The present Petition has been filed under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking certain ad interim orders. 2. After arguing for some time, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties, on instructions, submit that they have no objection to the matter being referred to the arbitration. 3. In terms of Clause 25 of the conditions of contract, they undertake to exchange their respective nominees names within a period of five (05) days from today. Subsequently, the nominated Arbitrators shall, within a period of 5 days thereafter, appoint the Presiding Arbitrator, under the aegis of SAROD Arbitration. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/03/2026 at 13:06:42 4. The present Petition, along with pending Application(s), if any, are disposed of, in aforestated terms. HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. MARCH 20, 2026/JYH/dj This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/03/2026 at 13:06:42