OC-1 ORDER SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL DIVISION ORIGINAL SIDE AP-COM/23/2026 TATA CAPITAL LIMITED VS ANJURA BIBI AND ANR. BEFORE: THE HON’BLE JUSTICE GAURANG KANTH Date: 6th April, 2026. Appearance: Mr. Avishek Guha, Adv. Mr. Ankush Majumdar, Adv. Ms. A. Dutta, Adv. . . .for the petitioner. Ms. Gargi Roy, Adv. Mr. Subrata Saha, Adv. Mr. Abhik Biswas, Adv. . . .for the respondents The Court: The petitioner has filed the present application under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking extension of the mandate of the arbitral tribunal for conclusion of the arbitral proceedings and publication of the arbitral award. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that this Court vide order dated 02.03.2023 set aside the arbitral award passed by the earlier arbitrator and with the consent of the parties appointed Mr. Sk. Sariful Haque, Advocate as a sole arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. The pleadings were completed on 09.07.2024. Thereafter, with the consent of the parties the mandate of the arbitral tribunal was extended by six months till 08.01.2026. 2 Learned Counsel for the petitioner further submits that the matter is listed for publication of the award. 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 the parties and the materials placed on record, this Court is satisfied that there has been no undue and 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 arbitral tribunal is extended further for a period of two months from today to enable the arbitrator to publish the award. The learned sole arbitrator is requested to make all reasonable endeavours to publish the arbitral award within the extended time period. With the aforesaid observations, the present application stands disposed of. (GAURANG KANTH, J.) S. A. AR (CR)