$~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 27.01.2026 + ARB.P. 2049/2025 G.S. EXPRESS PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Khandelwal and Mr.

Chirag Sharma, Advocates.

versus LAND PORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Siddharth, Mr. Harshit Manwani, Ms. Himanshi Girdhar and Mr. Deepanshu Grover, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR % J U D G E M E N T (Oral)

1. The present Petition, under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [“Act”], has been filed seeking the appointment of an Arbitrator for the adjudication of disputes inter se the parties arising out of the General Conditions of Contract dated

15.04.2024 [“ GCC”].

2. Clause 25.2 of the General Conditions of Contract, 2022, which contains the arbitration clause, reads as follows:

“25.2 Arbitration: If the aforesaid conciliation proceedings fail or the Conciliator fails to give proposal for settlement within the aforesaid period, either party may promptly give notice in the proforma prescribed in Appendix XVIII, under intimation to the other party, to the Chiel Engineer or the Superintending Engineer concerned with the work (as applicable), her