1. The present is a Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227
of the Constitution of India seeking setting aside of the order dated
31.01.2026 (Annexure P-8) passed by learned Arbitrator vide which the
application of the petitioner for additional evidence has been dismissed
being not maintainable.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that an agreement
was executed between the petitioner and respondent No.1, which contains a
valid arbitration clause. Consequently, the arbitration proceedings started
before learned Sole Arbitrator. By way of the procedural order dated
31.01.2026 (Annexure P-8), which is challenged in the present revision
petition, learned Sole Arbitrator dismissed the petitioner’s application
seeking permission to adduce additional evidence by examining a witness
from the Food Corporation of India (FCI). He further submitted that the
respondent No.1, who is a rice miller, was obligated to convert paddy into
rice and supply the same to the FCI. However, the FCI raised allegations
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that the supplied rice was Beyond Rejection Limit (BRL). Therefore, the
petitioner, being the procurement agency, received a notice from the FCI
directing it to make good the deficiency on account of the sub-standard
quality of rice supplied. In these circumstances, the petitioner filed an
application before learned Sole Arbitrator seeking summoning of a witness
from the FCI to adduce additional evidence, which has been declined by
learned Sole Arbitrator vide impugned order dated 31.01.2026 (Annexure P-