Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 12:43:01 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.28764 of 2025 (In the matter of an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950).

Steel Authority of India Limited …. Petitioner(s)

(SAIL), Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela -versus-

M/s. Simplex Engineering and …. Opposite Party (s)

Foundry Works Limited, Kolkata Advocates appeared in the case throughHybrid Mode:

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Nirod Kumar Sahu, Adv. For Opposite Party (s) : Mr. P.C. Nayak, Adv.

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-21.01.2026 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-31.03.2026 Dr. SanjeebK Panigrahi, J.

1. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to quash the impugned orders rejecting Section 34 application on the ground of lack of jurisdiction, and to hold that courts at Rourkela alone have territorial jurisdiction to adjudicate the challenge to the arbitral award.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the caseare asfollows:

(i) The Petitioner, Steel Authority of India Limited, entered into a composite contractual arrangement dated 13.06.1992 with multiple contractors

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