Sayali Engineering Pvt. Ltd Thr Its Director Shri Umesh D. Pawar v. The Chairman

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 262 OF 2025 Sayali Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

...Petitioner

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Digitally signed by CHAITANYA ASHOK JADHAV Date:

2026.02.17 11:11:53 +0530 The Chairman, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Facilitation Council, Pune Division, Pune & Others.

...Respondents

CHAITANYA ASHOK JADHAV Mr. Deendayal G. Dhanure a/w Ms. Jyoti D. Dhanure, for the Petitioner.

CORAM

: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

DATE : FEBRUARY 11, 2026 ORDER :

1.

Not on board. By consent of the parties, taken on board. 2.

Pursuant to the order dated January 22, 2026, an Arbitrator was appointed. Upon communication of the order to the Learned Arbitrator, the Arbitrator has written an email dated February 09, 2026, declining the mandate in view of having appeared in the matter. 3.

In these circumstances, the Learned Arbitral Tribunal is substituted in the following terms :- A) Mr. Yuvraj Narvankar, an Advocate of this Court, is

hereby appointed as the Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes and differences between the parties arising out of and in connection with the Agreement referred to above;

Email ID: yuvraj.narvankar@yahoo.com B) A copy of this Order will be communicated to the Learned Sole Arbitrator by the Advocates for the Petitioner within a period of one week from the date of upload of this order. The Petitioner shall provide the contact and communication particulars of the parties to the Arbitral Tribunal along with a copy of this Order;

C) The Learned Sole Arbitrator is requested to forward the statutory Statement of Disclosure under Section 11(8) read with Section 12(1) of the Act to the parties within a period of two weeks from receipt of a copy of this Order;

D) The parties shall appear before the Learned Sole Arbitrator on such date and at such place as indicated,

to obtain appropriate directions with regard to conduct of the arbitration including fixing a schedule for pleadings, examination of witnesses, if any, schedule of hearings etc. At such meeting, the parties shall provide a valid and functional email address along with mobile and landline numbers of the respective Advocates of the parties to the Arbitral Tribunal. Communications to such email addresses shall constitute valid service of correspondence in connection with the arbitration;

E) All arbitral costs and fees of the Arbitral Tribunal shall be borne by the parties equally in the first instance, and shall be subject to any final Award that may be passed by the Tribunal in relation to costs.

F) All other terms of the order dated January 22, 2026 shall remain unchanged.

4.

Needless to say, nothing contained in this order is an expression of an opinion on merits of the matter or the relative strength of the parties. All issues on merits are expressly kept open to be agitated before the arbitral tribunal appointed hereby.

5.

All actions required to be taken pursuant to this order shall be taken upon receipt of a downloaded copy as available on this Court's website.

[ SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.]