, (3) that on the terms of section 171, the sale price had to be paid for at the time of the sale and that as this was not done, the sale officer was statutorily bound to have put up 332 the property for sale again, (4) that sections 172 and 173 laid an obligation on the purchaser to deposit 25 per cent of the sale price immediately the bid was knocked down and further required him to pay the balance within 15 days thereafter and also prescribed the consequences of default, viz., the sale shall be avoided and that a resale shall take place and that in the present case the Mahalkari who bid on behalf of the Government, or the Government itself had not made either the deposit or the final payment with the result that the purchase stood automatically cancelled by reason of that default and (5) that the purchase by the Government on a nominal bid of Re.1/ was not a sale by public auction as was contemplated by section 167 of the Code and in consequence the sale was void and that no title passed by reason of that sale.