WRIT - C No. 1860 of 2020 at Allahabad

1 AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:142600-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1860 of 2020 Petitioner :- Rahul Panwar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashish Malhotra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saral Srivastava,J. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rajeshwar Tripathi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel-II for State- respondents. 2. The petitioner, by means of the present writ petition, has assailed the order dated 08.02.2019 passed by the respondent no.3-District Magistrate, Saharanpur to the extent of forfeiting 25% of the security and 25% of the first installment amounting to Rs 10,38,46,500/-. 3. The facts, in brief, are that an advertisement was issued by respondent no.1 for E-tender-cum-E-auction for the grant of mining lease in district Saharanpur on 14.08.2017 on Gata No.3, Plot No.3, area 8.05 hectares, i.e., 138462 cubic square meters in Tehsil-Behat situated at Yamuna River, Village Rehna, District Saharanpur. The petitioner participated in the E-tender process and was selected as the highest bidder. The letter of intent was issued to the petitioner on 15.03