https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275312 Government land should ordinarily be settled through open public auction to ensure fairness and secure the best price in public interest. A private claim to settlement by negotiation or equity cannot survive where no bid was submitted in response to the public notice and the cancellation of the provisional acceptance was not challenged. A material change in permissible land use from commercial to residential also required a fresh tender, as it altered the basis of the auction notice. The article notes that delayed challenges to cancellation were not entertained, with only limited interest relief granted on the deposit. en-us Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 06:41:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275312 Government land should ordinarily be settled through open public auction to ensure fairness and secure the best price in public interest. A private claim to settlement by negotiation or equity cannot survive where no bid was submitted in response to the public notice and the cancellation of the provisional acceptance was not challenged. A material change in permissible land use from commercial to residential also required a fresh tender, as it altered the basis of the auction notice. The article notes that delayed challenges to cancellation were not entertained, with only limited interest relief granted on the deposit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275312