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Pursuant to the advertisement and the said notices two tenders were received out of which one was sent by respondent 7 which is a partnership firm and another by Deep Construction. The tender of respondent 7 being higher than that of Deep Construction, was accepted by the BEST Committee on 31st March 1982. In the facts and circumstances of this case as established, it cannot be said that the property of the Corporation has been disposed of for a wholly inadequate consideration acquired for a public purpose of constructing a bus station was being used for a commercial purpose which was not permissible. This plea had been rejected by the High Court holding that a very substantial portion of the acquired plot was being utilised for the purpose for which it was acquired and the commercial use to which a small portion was being put would substantially augment the coffered of the Corporation for the benefit of the public at large without spending any further amount on the development. It cannot be said that the plot has been used for a different purpose from the one for which it had been acquired. All that can be said is that a part of the plot is being used for constructing two buildings which would augment the income of B.M.C. that could be utilised for the public purpose. The plot is being substantially used for the purpose for which it had been acquired. The additional use of the property will not make the use of the property for altogether a different purpose.