Dipankar Kumar vs. Union Of India Through Secretary Ministry Of Finance

ITEM NO.6 COURT NO.13 SECTION X

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

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Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 940/2017

BIKRAM CHATTERJI & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

([ONLY I.A 60996/2023 IS LISTED UNDER THIS ITEM] (IA No. 60996/2023 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION)

Date : 12-09-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE BELA M. TRIVEDI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR Mr. M. L. Lahoty, Adv. Mr. Paban K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anchit Sripat, Adv. Mr. Pranab Kumar Nayak, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Kamal, AOR Mr. Aseem Atwal, Adv. Mr. Anurag Chandra, Adv. Ms. Mahika Varma, Adv. Ms. Stuti, Adv. Ms. Nupur Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Aprajita Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Muskan Sidana, Adv. Mr. Harneet Singh, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Mrs. Anupama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amar Jyoti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Surit Chaubey, Adv. Ms. Ishtha Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Ms. Preeti Rani, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Digitally signed by Nisha Khulbey Date: 2024.09.12 18:00:06 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

Mr. Arkaj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR M/S. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Aor, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Ms. Neha Das, Adv. Mr. Shivam Saxena, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bharti, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mrs. Aishwariya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. V. Mohna, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramaniam, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh-ii, Adv. Mr. Manish, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aslam Ahmed Jamal, AOR Mr. Sureshan P., AOR Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Mr. Christopher Dsouza, AOR Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, AOR Mr. Vinay Singh Bist, Adv. Mr. Prateek Kushwaha, Adv. Ms. Arani Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv. Mr. Sahas Bhasin, Adv. Mr. Jasmeet Singh, AOR Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Ms. Apoorva Singh, Adv. Ms. Alka Goyal, Adv. Ms. Aruna Gupta, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv.

Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Shubham Bhalla, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Aditya Jain-1, AOR Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. Tushar Singh, AOR Ms. Akshra Arshi, Adv. Ms. Khyati Jain, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Ms. Preeti Rani, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Mr. Arkaj Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Manoj Singh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Parth Sarathi, Adv. Mr. Gyanendra Vikram Singh, Adv. Ms. Soumya Gulati, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Praveen Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Prashant Singh I, Adv. Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramaniam, Adv. Mrs. Rukmini Bobde, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Agrawal, AOR Ms. Charu Sangwan, AOR Mr. Shubham S. Dayma, Adv. Mr. Dheeraj Nair, AOR Mr. Arpit Rai, Adv. Ms. Tushima, Adv. Mr. Aviral Kashyap, AOR

Mr. Aneesh Mittal, AOR Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR Mrs. Gurinder Jai, Adv. Mr. Vipul Jai, Adv. Ms. Sanjna Dua, Adv. Mr. Shantwanu Singh, AOR Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Mrs. Tanuj Bagga Sharma, AOR Dr. Praveen Hans, Adv. Dr. M.k Ravi, Adv. Mr. Denson Joseph, Adv. Ms. Udita Singh, AOR Mr. Indranil Ghosh, Adv. Mr. Debabrata Das, Adv. Mr. Palzer Moktan, Adv. Ms. Aanchal Tikmani, AOR Mr. Dheeraj Nair, AOR Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, AOR Mr. Vinay Singh Bist, Adv. Mr. Prateek Kushwaha, Adv. Ms. Arani Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Yashu Rustagi, Adv. Mr. Sahas Bhasin, Adv. Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, AOR M/S. Acm Legal, AOR Mr. Rajesh P., AOR Mr. Bhuwan Raj, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar, AOR Mr. Sriram P., AOR Mr. Ms Vishnu Shankar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Santosh, Adv. Ms. Isha Singh, Adv. Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Ms. Anannya Ghosh, AOR Ms. Anubha Agrawal, AOR Mr. D. S. Chauhan, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR

Mr. Anuj Kapoor, AOR Mr. Rahul Joshi, AOR Dr. Vijendra Singh , AOR Mr. Aman Gupta, AOR Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, AOR Ms. Jahanvi Worah, Adv. Ms. Shweta Priyadarshini, Adv. Ms. Chandani Arora, Adv. Mr. Sumant De, Adv. Mr. Shubham V. Gawande, Adv. Mr. Rajat Oswal, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Raj, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Mr. Arjun Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Ramkrishna, AOR Ms. Divya Roy, AOR Ms. Mithu Jain, AOR Mr. Siddharth Praveen Acharya, Adv. Mr. Surya Kant Vyas, Adv. Mr. Bhuvnesh Vyas, Adv. Mr. Lakshay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Girish Chand Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra Verma, Adv. Mr. Anurag Tyagi, Adv. Dr. Shashwat Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Rohit Amit Sthalekar, AOR Mr. Purnendu Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Sumit Sinha, AOR Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. M. T. George, AOR Mrs. Susy Abraham, Adv. Mr. Johns George, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Ms. Nisha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Manisha Singh, Adv. Ms. Tanya Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Rohan Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Mittal, AOR M/S. V. Maheshwari & Co., AOR Dr. Amardeep Gaur, Adv. Mr. Prdeep Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishvajeet Vijaykumar Shinde, Adv. Mr. Naved Anwar, Adv. M/S. Pba Legal, AOR Mr. Vinod Kumar Mantoo, Adv. Mr. Ameet Siingh, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Majumdar, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv. Ms. Gargi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. Divyakant Lahoti, AOR Ms. Indra Sawhney, AOR Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Devendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Karunakar Mahalik, AOR Mr. Sarbendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Ms. Shilpa Liza George, AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Ms. Neha Das, Adv. Mr. Shivam Saxena, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bharti, Adv. M/S. Kmnp Law Aor, AOR Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra-i, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Ms. Richa Kapoor, AOR Ms. Sakshi, Adv. Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Vishal Gupta, AOR Mr. Alok Tripathi, AOR Ms. Shikha Sarin , AOR Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR

Ms. T. Archana, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gudipati Gayatri Kashyap, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ronvijay Gohain, Adv. Ms. Anam Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Rose Verma, Adv. Mr. Rahul Yadav, Adv. Mr. Nakul Chengappa, Adv. Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR Mr. Vyom Raghuvanshi, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Mr. Deepak Prakash, AOR Mr. Vishal Ganda, Adv. Mr. Satyajit A Desai, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Mr. Ajay Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ashok Anand, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Mr. Abhik Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Geetanjali Mehlwal, Adv. Mr. Rinku Mathur, Adv. Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv. Ms. Dharitry Phookan, AOR Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Mrs. Apurva Upmanyu, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv. Mr. Divyam Khera, Adv. Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR M/S. Kings And Alliance Llp , AOR Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, Adv.

Ms. Puja Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kunal Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Madhuri Jain, Adv. Mr. Raghav Dikshit, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. Pradhuman Gohil, Adv. Mrs. Taruna Singh Gohil, AOR Mr. Ashish Kabra, Adv. Mr. Mohammad Kamran, Adv. Ms. Ranu Purohit, Adv. Mr. Alapati Sahithya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Rushabh N. Kapadia, Adv. Ms. Hetvi Patel, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Singh, Adv. Mr. Shekhar G Devasa, Sr. Adv. M/S. Devasa & Co., AOR Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv. Mr. Manish Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Thashmitha Muthanna, Adv. Mr. Sonal Jain, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Yadav Narender Singh, AOR Mr. Pawanshree Agrawal, AOR Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Umesh Kumar Khaitan, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR M/S. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Mr. Prateek K Chadha, AOR Mr. Harikesh Singh, Adv. Mr. R D Jatain, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sinhmar, Adv. Ms. Vasundhara Rana, Adv. Ms. Mandeera Sinhmar, Adv. Mr. Satish Hooda, Adv. Mr. Vikram Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. B C Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Das, Adv. Mr. Subham Pundhir, Adv. Mr. Hukum Deo Prasad, Adv. Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Singh Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Kapil Dev Yadav, Adv. Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Gulam Rabbani, Adv.

Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Aakarshan Aditya, AOR Mr. Satish C. Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Mrs. Anupama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amar Jyoti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Surit Chaubey, Adv. Ms. Ishtha Singh, Adv. Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Mrs. Apurva Upmanyu, Adv. Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. Niraj Gupta, AOR Mr. Fuzail Khan, Adv. Mrs. Anshu Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jain, Adv. Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR Mrs. Priya Puri, AOR Gaurav, AOR Mr. Badri Prasad Singh, AOR Mr. Abhigya Kushwah, AOR Mrs. Sunita Yadav, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Rajkumar Murarka, Adv. Mr. Rohan Rohatgi, Adv. Mrs. Shubhangini Rohatgi, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Arpit Rai, Adv. Ms. Tushima, Adv. Mr. Aviral Kashyap, AOR Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. Anuj Bhandari, AOR Mr. Uddyam Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Swapnil Pattanayak, Adv. Mr. Agnibha Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Pai Amit, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

IA No. 60996/2023

1. This application has been filed on behalf of the applicant-Odisha State Housing Board, seeking permission to finalize the auction/ bid in favour of the M/S GLS Reality Private Limited.

2. It appears that vide the Order dated 14.10.2019, passed in W.P.(C) No. 940/2017, this Court had permitted the applicant-Odisha State Housing Board to proceed further with the auction sale and finalize the same subject to the order passed by this Court.

3. As transpiring from the present application, auction sale proceedings had taken place twice or thrice but could not be finalize due to intervening circumstances and finally, in response to the e-auction advertisement dated 28.12.2022 (Annexure A/5), only two bidders participated in the e-auction held on 10.02.2023.

4. It has been stated that after the closure of said bidding process, M/S GLS Reality Private Limited was found to be the highest/ successful bidder with the bid value of 67,02,00,000/-, and was informed thereto vide the Letter No. 1860/OSHB dated 17.02.2023.

5. It is also stated that earlier, pursuant to the order passed by the Court, an amount of Rs. 34,50,73,950/-, has already been deposited by the Amrapali Homes Projects(P) Ltd. with the Registry of this Court in the account opened by the Registry in UCO Bank A/C No. 02070210002834.

6. The learned Court Receiver, Mr. N. Venkatramani, has no objection if the prayer, as made in the present application, is accepted.

7. Mr. M.L. Lahoty, learned counsel appearing for the Home Buyers, also has no objection if the prayer of the applicant-Odisha State Housing Board, is accepted.

8. Under the circumstances, we do not see any impediment in granting the permission to finalize the auction of the land in question in favour of M/S GLS Reality Private Limited, who was the successful bidder of the auction held.

9. Permission, as sought for in the present application, is granted.

10. The applicant-Odisha State Housing Board, is permitted is finalize the auction in favour of the M/S GLS Reality Private Limited in respect of the land in question.

11. Accordingly, the present application stands allowed in the aforesaid terms.

(NISHA KHULBEY) (MAMTA RAWAT) SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT COURT MASTER (NSH)