IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 30-01-2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Arb O.P(COM.DIV.) No. 84 of 2026 M/s.K.S. & Company Represented by its Partner, Mr.K.Sundaresan, 4/150, Lake Area Main Road, Uthangudi Post, Madurai - 625 107.

..Petitioner(s)

Vs

1. The Executive Engineer Irrigation Division, Public Works Department, Puducherry - 605 001.

2.The Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Puducherry -605001 Respondent(s)

PRAYER Petition filed under Section 15(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to appoint a substitute Arbitrator in place of Honourable Mr.Justice Pongiappan (Retd.), Sole Arbitrator, to continue the arbitral proceedings between the Petitioner and the respondents, arising under the Agreement No.80/PW/ID/A2/2014-2015, from the state at which it was before Honourable Mr.Justice G.Rajasuriya.

For Petitioner(s): Mrs. Mithreyi Kasthurirangan For Respondent(s): Mr. V. Vasanthakumar Additional Government Pleader

ORDER

This petition has been filed under Section 15(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’], to substitute the Arbitrator in the place of Hon’ble Mr. Justice R. Pongiappan (r