``All the formalities regarding the trip have already been completed,'' CBI sources told newsmen.

``After the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) award in favour of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL), now it is easy for us to take Pinto's case to its logical conclusion,'' they said adding ``his extradition is almost a certainty.''

In its award delivered at Amsterdam, ICA ordered the Turkish firm Karsan to pay 46 million dollar to NFL.

The agency is also likely to file a supplementary chargesheet against Pinto, sources said.

Earlier this month, the special court trying the scam had directed CBI to expedite extradition proceedings against Pinto, the only accused out of CBI dragnet in the politically sensitive case.

``What about Pinto? Bring him soon so that he can face trial alongwith other accused persons,'' Special Judge V B Gupta had asked CBI while framing charges against the other eight accused in the case on December 1.

Pinto, who allegedly played the middleman between the Turkish firm Karsan and its Indian agent Sambasiva Rao, was arrested in the UK in December last year following a warrant issued by the special court here.

Pinto has been under arrest in London since then pending the extradition proceedings.

His appeal against the Bow Street Magistrate's order allowing the CBI plea for his extradition to India has been rejected and he has filed a revision petition against the order, sources said.

Extradition proceedings against Pinto were initiated in December last year when CBI filed a detailed chargesheet in the case naming nine persons, including Pinto, as accused.