Going-concern liquidation sale commencement follows the liquidation order, preserving pre-amendment rights despite later regulatory changes.

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....Going-concern liquidation sale commences from the liquidation order where that order incorporates the creditors' committee recommendation and directs the Liquidator to first pursue that sale mode. Auction notices and an Asset Sale Process Document are subsequent implementation measures, not events that initiate liquidation. A saving clause must be read within the statutory liquidation scheme, and amendments to liquidation regulations operate prospectively unless expressly made retrospective; they cannot displace rights and obligations crystallised under the prior regime. The period for endeavouring a going-concern sale is directory and may be extended, particularly where judicial restraint prevented issuance of an auction notice. Rejection of the Liquidator's request for extension and permission to complete the sale was set aside for further action according to law.....