(1.) Notice. Mr. Raj Kumar Negi, learned Additional Advocate General and Ms. Shreya Chauhan, Advocate, appear and waive service of notice on behalf of respondents No. 1 and 2, respectively.
(2.) No reply to the petition is intended to be filed on behalf of the respondents.
(3.) In the present petition, a prayer has been made by the petitioner to extend the time for completion of the arbitral proceedings in Reference Petition No. 287/2019, pending before the Divisional Commissioner, Mandi, District Mandi, exercising the powers of Arbitrator under Sec. 3 of the National Highways Act, 1956.