Gangele, J. -- 1. The petitioner has filed this Public Interest Litigation in regard to allotment of a land having area 374.91 acres situate at A-4, Residential Sector, Gwalior in favour of respondent No.13.

2. The petitioner is a co-auditor of a Hindi weekly newspapers “Mradang”. He pleaded that the land mentioned above has been allotted in favour of respondent No.13 on extraneous consideration in an arbitrary manner and a loss of Rs.100/- crores has been caused to the Government and to Special Area Development Authority in the allotment of land contrary to the terms and conditions of the tender notice.

3. The respondent No.7-Special Area Development Authority (Counter Magnet), Gwalior (hereinafter referred to as ‘the SADA’) invited bids for residential plots on pre-qualification basis vide notification dated 23.11.2007. The notification was published in various newspapers and a wide publicity had been given to the notification. The area of the land is 374.91 acres, reserved price was fixed at Rs.40,30,54,812/- and earnest money was Rs.88.62 lacs. As per the terms and conditions of the tender, successful bidder would have to pay 25% of the total premium of the plot within 30 da