https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312381 A forest sale notice issued by or under the authority of a Forest Officer can create a statutory liability for deficiency on re-auction, and section 82 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 permits recovery of that deficiency as arrears of land revenue even without a contract complying with Article 299 of the Constitution. The 10% earnest money condition was treated as waivable for the Government's benefit by the authorised auction officer, so bids were not invalid for non-deposit of that amount. The 25% deposit requirement arose only after acceptance of the bid and was not a condition precedent to bid validity. Recovery under section 155(b) of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1958 was not available absent an Article 299-compliant contract. en-us Fri, 14 Dec 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312381 A forest sale notice issued by or under the authority of a Forest Officer can create a statutory liability for deficiency on re-auction, and section 82 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 permits recovery of that deficiency as arrears of land revenue even without a contract complying with Article 299 of the Constitution. The 10% earnest money condition was treated as waivable for the Government's benefit by the authorised auction officer, so bids were not invalid for non-deposit of that amount. The 25% deposit requirement arose only after acceptance of the bid and was not a condition precedent to bid validity. Recovery under section 155(b) of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1958 was not available absent an Article 299-compliant contract. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 14 Dec 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312381