S. B. Sanyal, R. N. Lal, JJ.

1. In this writ petition the petitioners challenge the mode and manner in which sugar manufactured by the sugar Mills of the Sugar Corporation is being disposed of by public auction. According to the writ petitioners, the mode and and manner of publication of the acution and the consequent auction is such that majority of the intending purchasers are excluded from participating in the auction. The challenge in this writ petition is with regard to the date of auction fixed for the month of October 1988. It has been brought to our notice that even though the auction was to be held on 1st and 4th October, 1988 the advertisement in Hindustan has been published on 4th October, 1988 itself. The intended inspection which is envisaged by the advertisement is impossible of compliance because of those dates having expired on the date of publication of the advertisement.

2. Mr. P. K. Sahi for the Corporation stated that there has been a publication in Amrit-Barsa, a local newspaper, on 29th September, 1988. Therefore, it was not correct that the intending buyers had no opportunity to participate in the auction. He also submitted that as a matter of fact in