DELHI JAL BOARD vs M/S METRRO WASTE HANDLING PRIVATE LIMITED

Judgment text excerpt

* IN THE HIGH COURTOF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 02.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 20.04.2026 + O.M.P. (COMM) 277/2025 & I.A. 17526/2025 DELHI JAL BOARD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Tushar Sannu, Mr. Malvi Balyan, Mr. Fajallu Rehman & Mr. Pallav Arora, Advs. versus M/S METRRO WASTE HANDLING PRIVATE LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Akshay Makhija, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Tarang Gupta & Ms. Shreya Sharma, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN JUDGMENT 1. The petition under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short ‗the Act‘) is filed challenging the arbitral award dated 08.04.2025. Brief Facts 2. The brief facts are that on 26.04.2012, the petitioner/Delhi Jal Board (for short ‗DJB‘) issued a Notice Inviting Tender (for short ‗NIT‘) for hiring and O&M of jetting-cum-suction-cum-recycling sewer cleaning machines. The respondent, M/S Metrro Waste Handling Private Limited (for short ‗MWHPL‘) along with M/s City Signature Not Verified O.M.P. (COMM) 277/2025 Page 1 of 33 Signed By:CHANCHAL Signing Date:20.04.2026 18:51:13 Lifeline Travels Private Limited entered into a Joint Venture Agreement dated 30.10.2012 and bidded as a consortium. DJB on 11.04.2013 issued a Letter of Intent (for short ‗LOI‘). On 27.05.2013, the project was awarded for five machines as per the terms and conditions of the Work Order dated 06.05.2013, at the rate of Rs.7101/- per hour plus taxes and for a period of seven years with additional six months for supply of machines. The cost of the work was Rs.59,64,84,000/-. 2.1 On 24.08.2017, MWHPL proposed deployment of five additional machines. DJB issued a LOI dated 09.10.2017 and MWHPL on 12.10.2017 gave a Letter of Acceptance (for short ‗LOA‘). Work Order dated 30.10.2017 w