Highest bidder in auction does not acquire any right to have that bid accepted merely because it is the highest bid. Acceptance of highest bid or highest bidder is always subject to conditions of holding the auction and the right of highest bidder is always provisional to be examined in the context in different conditions in which auction has been held. In present case, no right had accrued to highest bidder even on basis of statutory provisions as contemplated under 8(1)(h) of Ch. III of scheme of the 1976 Rules. Held, there is no illegality in cancellation of the auction by competent authority.
[State of Punjab v. Mehar Din, (2022) 5 SCC 648]