ASIDE THE SALE INTIMATION LETTERS DATED 28.07.2025
BEARING AUCTION NUMBER MSTC/BLR/DEPUTY CONSERVATOR OF
FOREST HALIYAL/ACF GOVT. TIMBER DEPOT
DANDELI/2/DANDELI ... 23245 (ANNEXURE-B), SALE
INTIMATION LETTER DATED 29.07.2025 BEARING AUCTION NO.
MSTC/BLR/DEPUTY CONSERVATOR OF FOREST HALIYAL/ACF GOVT.
TIMBER DEPOT DANDELI/3/DANDELI
issued by
Customs, shall be taken up for auction by e-auction through MSTC
to ensure maximum outreach and participation. In order to ensure
quick ... observed that the
restrictions placed on auctioning of goods and the decision to canalize
the auctions through MSTC constituted reasonable restrictions on the
right
conditions under Clause 3.3 of the
specific terms and conditions of MSTC auction were
fulfilled. The second relates to Clause 3.5/
"Automatic/Proxy Bidding ... practices followed
by various auctioners including MSTC. Hence, reliance
on Clauses 3.3 and 3.5 of the MSTC Auction document
is misplaced.
An additional time
informed the Petitioners to contact MSTC. Thereafter, the
Petitioner immediately contacted MSTC about the technical lapse in the e-
auction portal and requested ... auction portal showed
the auction closing time as next day 1 :00 PM rather
than 1 :08 PM the same day.
(v) Upon enquiry MSTC
Auction provided it had registered and participated in that E-Tender-cum-E-Auction Event. The respondent no.7 informed the MSTC by an email ... Mail
E-Tender-cum-E-Auction of Insitu Rocks and Stone Chips in UTTAR PRADESH
E-Auction Ref No: MSTC/LKO/Uttar Pradesh/Jhansi
through
defendant No. 2 issued an advertisement for e-auction
MSTC/NRO/Export Commissionerate, Customs ICDTKD/11/ New
Delhi/23-24/31463 dated 07.11.2023. Plaintiff ... shall
be entertained post-auction (Annexure D-3).
16. Further, the Auction Catalogue and Specific Terms and
Conditions issued by MSTC Ltd. clearly stipulate that
Ernakulam, Kerala. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited availed the services of MSTC Limited for auctioning the scrap materials. MSTC, in turn, followed the E-Auction method ... Auction at Chennai, wherein the office of the MSTC situates. The E-Auction was also invited by the office of the MSTC, Chennai. The entire
concerned material to the respondent/ writ petitioners, the respondent MSTC attempted to hold a Public auction of such materials on 8th August ... ascertain market price by putting the materials up for auction through the auctioner/MSTC, the respondent No. 1. The auctions were held by MSTC
specialised agency as MSTC Limited which conducted the
e-auction and MSTC has considerable experience and expertise in such field. The
purchaser refers ... conducted in the same manner as
before, through MSTC Limited and by e-auction upon
due receipt of earnest deposits. Such sale will, however
reproduce the conduct of E-auction which reads as under:-
"b. Conduct of e-auction:
E-auction is the process of inviting binding Final ... able to submit its Bid and to participate in the
electronic auction of MSTC website. A bidder is required to
authorise its contact person
