WRIT - C No. 24614 of 2025 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:125893-DB Court No. - 39 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 24614 of 2025 Petitioner :- M/S Kaleshwari Power Products Private Limited Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Prem Chandra,Sudhanshu Kumar,Swapnil Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Arindam Sinha,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. (Per Arindam Sinha, J.) 1. Petitioner says it is registered as a micro/small enterprises under provisions in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006. It made supplies to various departments of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Bills for the supplies remained unpaid. It took steps under provisions in section 18 of said Act. The issue of non-payment resulted in an arbitration reference and award stood made. 2. Mr. Sudhanshu Kumar, learned advocate appearing on behalf of petitioner draws attention to writing dated 21st March, 2025, in response to his client's requisition for copy of the award. By said writing his client was informed that stamp duty needs to be paid for the award copy to be made available. This requirement cannot be sustained because section 31 in Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 pro