IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 675 of 2010 Date of decision: 27.04.2011 Nirankar Singh ...Petitioner Versus Chandigarh Administration through Adviser to the Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Rampal Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate for the respondents. RANJIT SINGH J. No one appears for the petitioner even on second call. The petitioner had participated in public auction and had made a bid for plot No. 718, Sector 40-A, Chandigarh. He claims to be a higher bidder with ` 2,58,00,000/- against the reserve price of ` 1,12,00,000/-. This plot was withdrawn from auction and the bid was not accepted. The grievance of the petitioner is that this action of the respondents is arbitrary and impermissible under law. The petitioner submits that once he has given highest bid, the plot could not have been withdrawn and his bid should have been accepted. In the reply filed, reference is made to the conditions of auction, where it is specially provided that the Chairman would be at liberty to withdraw any plot from auction even once the bid has been Civil Writ Petition No. 675 of 2010 -2- invited and made. Till bid is accepted, the person giving a bid would not acquire any right. The respondents had a right to withdraw the plot for auction. I do not see any justification, which would call for any interference in exercise of writ jurisdiction. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. April 27, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE