JUDGMENT

Mini Pushkarna, J. - By way of the present petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter called 'The Act'), petitioner is seeking prayer for staying operation of debarment order dated 02.08.2022 issued by the respondent by which petitioner has been debarred from participating in all the tenders floated by respondent and other executing agencies of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India, for a period of three months with levy of penalty of Rs. 20 lakhs. The petitioner further prays for restraining respondent from giving effect to or acting in terms of or in furtherance of the said debarment order, and for restraining respondent from rejecting the bills submitted by petitioner prior to the order dated 02.08.2022 as non responsive.

2. Facts in brief are that, notice inviting tender dated 15.03.2018 was issued by respondent for the project: consultancy services for Authority's Engineer (hereinafter referred to as 'AE') for supervision of construction of 8 Lane Dwarka Expressway from Delhi-Haryana Border to start of rail over bridge, Gurugram, Haryana. As per the tender document, bidders could apply either as a sole firm or by formi