IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR-984-2026(O&M)

Date of Decision: 12.02.2026 NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND ANOTHER ....Petitioner(s)

Versus ARBITRATOR CUM COMMISSIONER, PATIALA DIVISION, PATIALA AND OTHERS .....Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present: Mr. Chetan Mittal, Senior Advocate with Mr.D.K. Singal, Advocate, for petitioner No.1.

Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India with Mr. Prajwal Chauhan, Central Govt. Counsel, for petitioner No.2.

Mr. Karan Gupta, Advocate and Mr. Ashu Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.3.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI , J. (Oral)

1. The present revision petition has been filed by the National Highways Authority of India challenging the order passed by learned Arbitrator-cum-Commissioner, Patiala Division, Patiala, dated 02.01.2026 vide Annexure P-3, whereby the parties have been directed to file the evidence well before the next date of hearing.

2. The present revision petition has been filed on the ground that by way of the impugned order, the learned Arbitrator could not have passed the impugned order because the statutory period has already expired.

However, on the other hand