MANOJ SINGH vs BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED & ORS.

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$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 23rd May, 2025 + W.P.(C) 7127/2025, CM APPL. 32168/2025 & CM APPL. 32169/2025 MANOJ SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Apoorv Rastogi and Mr. Harshal Kumar, Advocates. versus BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Urvi Mohan, Advocate for R-4. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the impugned award and the Order-in-Original dated 10th December, 2020 by which the stay application of the Petitioner has been rejected. 3. The brief background of the present case is that he is a Sub Divisional Officer, Telecom in BSNL, Halwani, Uttarakhand. A loan was given by Respondent No.3-C.A. Thrift & Credit Co-operative Society (hereinafter ‘Society’) for a sum of Rs. 6,00,000/- to Mr. Arpit Singh (hereinafter ‘Principal Borrower’) for whom the Petitioner and one other colleague had stood as surety. The Principal Borrower had not repaid the money which led to the Society filing a claim with the Registrar of the Co-operative Society (hereinafter ‘RCS’) on 30th June, 2018 claiming a sum of Rs. 6,43,062/-. The said matter was referred to arbitration and consequently the award dated 18th July, 2019 came to be passed vide which the loan was held to be recoverable Signature Not Verified Signed By:NAMITA W.P.(C) 7127/2025 Page 1 of 3 DHYANI Signing Date:27.05.2025 19:27:30 from the Principal Borrower and the Sureties jointly or severally. 4. The grievance of the Petitioner is that he was not given an opportunity to appear before the Ld. Arbitrator to present his case on merits. Th