Dr. Anand Kumar, learned appearing for the NHAI, undertakes to immediately communicate a copy of this order, both to Respondent No.1, namely, the National Highways Authority of India through its Managing Director, New Delhi, and Respondent No.2, namely, the Chairman, National Patna High Court CWJC No.7735 of 2018 dt.23-01- 2023 11/11 Highways Authority of India, New Delhi. This he shall do by all modes.

For the present, the Interlocutory Application No. 4 of 2022 is disposed of with liberty to the applicant-respondent to take all such pleas which are available to him in this regard at the appropriate stage.

Patna High Court REQ. CASE No.103 of 2022 dt.01-02-2023 4/4 Learned counsel for the parties to communicate the order to the learned Arbitrator. Also, parties are directed to appear before him, through physical/digital mode on 20.02.2023 and apprise him of the passing of this order.

A question identical to the present one also came up for consideration before the Delhi High Court in the case of Lakhmi Chand v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi, AIR 1988 Delhi 220 and it was held that the house tax being the first charge on the premises on which it is levied, the period of limitation for the realization of such dues would be 12 years as provided under Article 62 of the Limitation Act and not three years as required under the residuary Article 113. As a result of such finding, this writ petition is dismissed as devoid of any merit, but without any order as to costs.