M/S Sree Venakteshwara Enterprises v. Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Ltd & ANR.

$~81 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 442/2025 M/S SREE VENAKTESHWARA ENTERPRISES .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Tushar Sharma, Adv.

versus INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LTD & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Ashim Shridhar, Ms. Archy Gupta, Ms. Ishika Jain, Advs. for R-1

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH

O R D E R

% 17.10.2025 1.

This is a petition filed under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking the following reliefs: "1. Pass an ad-interim injunction restraining Respondents No. 1 and 2, their officers, servants, agents or assigns, from auctioning, selling, alienating, transferring, or creating any third-party interest in the Petitioner's Water Vending Machines situated in Cluster No. 81 (Guntakal) and Cluster No. 86 (Danapur), or any other cluster operated by the Petitioner, the same being ultra vires the NIT and License Agreements;

2. Direct the Respondents to maintain complete status quo with respect to the Petitioner's WVMs, including possession, 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 25/10/2025 at 14:13:06

operation, and ownership, pending adjudication of disputes through arbitration."

2.

It is stated that the respondents are selling the water vending machines installed in Cluster No. 81 (Guntakal Division) and Cluster No. 86 (Danapur Division) which is contrary to the provisions of the NIT and the License Agreement.

3.

Mr. Sridharan, learned counsel who appears on behalf of the respondent No. 1 and on instructions, states that pursuant to an Order dated 26.09.2025 passed in W.P (Civil) 15097/2025, the respondent No. 1 is not selling any water vending machines installed in Cluster No. 81 (Guntakal Division) and Cluster No. 86 (Danapur Division) of the petitioner. Hence, for the time being, the petition is not maintainable. 4.

The statement of Mr. Sridharan, learned counsel is taken on record and the respondents are bound by the same.

5.

Since the prayers are not maintainable at this stage today, the petition is disposed of granting liberty to the file a fresh petition on any subsequent cause of action as and when the same arises. JASMEET SINGH, J OCTOBER 17, 2025/sp 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 25/10/2025 at 14:13:06