$~36 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Delivered on: 11.03.2026 + O.M.P. (COMM) 407/2025 DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Gaganmeet Singh Sachdeva, Mr.

Harshpreet Singh Chadha and Mr.

Hridyesh Khanna, Advs.

versus KUNAL FOOD PRODUCTS PVT LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. AjayKumar, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN

JUDGMENT

VIKAS MAHAJAN, J (OPEN COURT)

I.A. 25007/2025 (under Section 151 CPC r/w Section 5 of Limitation Act, seeking condonation of delay in filing the present petition)

1. The present application has been filed by the petitioner seeking condonation of delay in filing the present petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter, ‘the Act’). The present petition has been filed challenging the arbitral award dated 31.05.2024.

2. It is stated in the application that the award dated 31.05.2024 was received by the petitioner physically on 24.06.2024, however, objection petition under Section 34 of the Act was filed by the petitioner before the learned District Judge, Commercial Court-04, Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts Delhi being OMP (COMM) 9/2024 on 27.09.2024, which was later withdrawn on 19.0