2018 Supreme(SC) 1568
KURIAN JOSEPH, MOHAN M.SHANTANAGOUDAR
Raiganj Consumer Forum – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Advocate Mr. Shantanu Bhawmik, Advocate Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Advocate Mr. K.V. Khar Lyngdoh, Advocate Mr. Kapil Sibal,Sr. Advocate Mr. Rakesh Khanna,Sr. Advocate Mr. B.H. Marlapalle,Sr. Advocate Mr. A.K.Chawdhary, Advocate Mr. Mike Desai, Advocate Mr. Vinay Rajput, Advocate Mr. Ajay Chawdhary, Advocate Mr. Mohit Nagar, Advocate Mr. Ajit Wagh, Advocate Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Drishti Rathore, Advocate Mr. Tushar Mehta,ASG Mr. Bhargava V. Desai, AOR Mr. Akshat Malpani, Advocate Mr. Abhishek M.Singhvi,Sr. Advocate Mr. Ranjit Kumar,Sr. Advocate Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul,Sr. Advocate Mr. Aman Vachher, Advocate Ms. Tushara James, Advocate Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Advocate Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Advocate Mr. Dhiraj, Advocate Ms. Drishti S.Rathore, Advocate Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Advocate Ms. Anshu Vachher, Advocate Mr. Arun Nagar, Advocate Mr. P. N. Puri, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh,Sr. Advocate Mr. Anil K.Sharma, Advocate Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Advocate Mr. Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Advocate Ms. Nidhi Singh Dubey, Advocate Mr. Shafiq Khan, Advocate Ms. Shalu Sharma, AOR Mr. Sanjiv Sen,Sr. Advocate Mr. Harpal Singh Saini, Advocate Mr. Rahul Arya, Advocate Mr. Sayan Ray, Advocate Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, Advocate Mr. Mohan Jain,Sr. Advocate Mr. Vikram Jain, Advocate Mr. Anup Kumar Mishra, Advocate Ms. Archana Maharaj, Advocate Dr. M.K.Ravi, Advocate Ms. Tanuj Bagga, AOR Mr. K.Radhakrishna,Sr. Advocate Mr. Bhuvan Mishra, Advocate Ms. Gargi Khanna, Advocate Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Ms. Suruchii Aggarwal, AOR Mr. Prashant Chauhan, Advocate Mr. Somnath Mukherjee, AOR Mr. P. D. Sharma, AOR Ms. Anubha Agrawal, Advocate Dr. Kailash Chand, AOR Mr. Naresh Bakshi, AOR Ms. Minakshi Vij, AOR Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR Mr. A. P. Mohanty, AOR Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR Mr. B. K. Pal, AOR Ms. Chitra Markandaya, AOR Mr. D. N. Goburdhan, AOR Ms. Varsha Singh Choudhry, Advocate Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate Mr. S.K.Rajora, Advocate For Mr. Kusum Chaudhary, AOR Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR Mr. Surya Kant, AOR Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, AOR Mr. Ugra Shankar Prasad, AOR Mr. Somnath Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR Ms. Minakshi Vij, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. K. S. Rana, AOR Mr. Vishwajit Singh, AOR Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. G. Ramakrishna Prasad, AOR Dr. Kailash Chand, AOR Mr. Ashwani Kumar, AOR Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Ajay Sharma, AOR Mr. Alok Gupta, AOR Mr. S. Ravi Shankar, AOR M/S. K. Ramkumar and Associates, AOR M/S. Ap and J Chambers, AOR Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, AOR Mr. Shailendra Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Ms. Sunita Sharma, AOR Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mrs. S. Usha Reddy, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, Advocate Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Advocate Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Rana Ranjit Singh, AOR Mr. Arun Kumar Beriwal, AOR Mr. Sudhir Kumar Gupta, AOR., for the Appearing Parties
ORDER
1. A copy of the affidavit given in Court by the Principal Commissioner, Income Tax, Chandigarh is taken on record.
2. Mr. Dipinder Singh, Secretary, Revenue Department, Government of Punjab is present. A copy of the affidavit given in Court on behalf of the Government of Punjab furnishing the particulars of the surplus land is taken on record. The appearance of the officer is dispensed with.
3. Mr. Vinod Prasad Raturi, Secretary, Revenue Department, Government of Uttarakhand is present. A copy of the affidavit given in Court by the Government of Uttarakhand furnishing the particulars of the surplus land is taken on record. The presence of the officer is dispensed with until further orders. Any of the parties to these writ petitions are free to respond to the reports filed by the States of Punjab and Uttarakhand as also to the affidavit filed by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Chandigarh.
4. The Registry is directed to verify the Bank Guarantee.
5. By our order dated 11 th April, 2018, we recorded that the best offer for purchase of the properties reached upto Rs.721,00,00,000/- (Rupees seven hundred and twenty one crores) . It was also made clear that a further opp
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