Surja Ram vs State Of Haryana And Anr. on 13 February, 1984
Therefore, an
unauthorized occupant cannot be permitted to seek
confirmation of sale only for the reason that he has emerged as
a highest bidder way back in the year 1984. Public interest
would demand that the property is put to sale by disclosing
the reserve price, so that all eligible persons can compete for
the auction and the maximum price is secured by the sale of
the evacuee property. The judgments in Surja Ram's and
Subhash Chand's cases are not helpful to the arguments
raised by learned counsel for the petitioner. It has been held
in Surja Ram's case that the authority is bound to record
reasons for refusing to accept the highest bid or other bids.