IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Arbitration Case No. : 216 of 2025 Reserved on :08.05.2026 Decided on : 20.05.2026 Rajender Kumar …Petitioner Versus National Highway Authority of Inodia & Anr.

…Respondents The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ Yes.

For the petitioner : Ms. Madhurika Sekhon Verma, o Advocate.

For theC respondents : Ms. Shreya Chauhan, Advocate, for respondent No.1. Mr. Tejasvi Sharma, Additional A.G., for respondent No. 2.

Virender Singh, Judge H Petitioner-Rajender Kumar, has filed the present application under Section 29(A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), against the order dated 11.01.2023, passed by the Divisional Commissioner, Mandi, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Arbitrator) in case No. 620/2018, titled as ‘Rajender Kumar Versus National Highway Authority of

1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

India & Anr.’ (Petition-cum-appeal under Section 3 (G) 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956). .

2. The present application has been filed, on the ground, that the land of the applicant wasH acquired for the purpose of wide