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Golden Food Products India v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others

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Reported as [2026] 2 S.C.R. 47
Bench B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 6 January 2026

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the impugned orders of the High Court dated 24.05.2024 and 15.07.2024 passed in the respective writ petitions are set-aside.

Judgment, page 15

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Issue for Consideration The authority conducting the auction expected a higher bid than what the highest bidder had bid, whether it can be a reason to discard the highest bid. Headnotes† Auction – Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA)-respondent no.2 herein had advertised the allotment of various plots through an auction – On 15.03.2024, an open auction was conducted in which the reserve price of the subject plot was fixed at Rs.25,600/- per sq. mtr. – The appellant submitted a bid of Rs.29,500/- per sq. mtr., which was the highest, and was thus declared the highest bidder – However, later

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