M/S Skyline Air Conditioning Engineers Pvt. Ltd. v. Union Of India

$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 919/2025 & I.A. 27728/2025 M/S SKYLINE AIR CONDITIONING ENGINEERS PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through:

Ms. Neeru Nagpal and Mr. Arvind Kumar Nagpal, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through:

Mr.

Rajesh Kumar Agnihotri, Advocate

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

O R D E R

% 13.11.2025 1.

The present petition under Section 29A(5) & (5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been filed by the Petitioner for extending the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal.

2.

Material on record indicates that an Arbitral Tribunal was constituted by the Chief Engineer (South), M, PWD, GNCTD, on 27.09.2023. The mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal has expired on 26.09.2025, and therefore, the present petition has been filed for extending the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal.

3.

It is stated that cross-examination of Technical Expert-LC-2 is going on before the Arbitrator and, therefore, the mandate of the Arbitrator be extended for a period of 11 months.

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4.

The Apex Court in Rohan Builders (India) Private Limited v. Berger Paints India Limited, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 2494, has held that an application for extension of the time period for passing an arbitral award under Section 29A(4) read with Section 29A(5) is maintainable even after the expiry of the twelve-month or the extended six-month period, as the case may be.

5.

In view of the facts of the present case, this Court is inclined to regularize the period from 26.09.2025 till today and extend the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal till 31.07.2026, so that the award can be pronounced. 6.

The petition is disposed of, along with the pending applications, if any.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J NOVEMBER 13, 2025 Rahul 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 15/11/2025 at 12:42:50