Supreme Court of India

The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board and Ors. v. Sadhu Ram

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Reported as [2008] 6 S.C.R. 43
Bench Tarun Chatterjee J.
Decided 8 April 2008

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the impugned judgment of the High Court is set aside and the appeals are allowed and the writ petitions stand rejected.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961; S.181 Constitution of India, 1950; Article 226: c Auction of plots - Cancellation by authority ordering second auction - Challenged on ground of non-disclosure of reserved price in second auction - Allowed by High Court - Correctness of - Held: Incorrect - The Chief Administrator, the final authority did not approve the auction bids in first auction - highest bidder in an auction did not acquire any right to have auction concluded in his favour - Second auction was ordered by the authority as earlier auction could not fetch the expected amount -

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