Administrative Discretion

A Housing Board's Highest Bidder Gets No Vested Right to Allotment, Rajasthan High Court Holds

Across thirteen connected appeals, homebuyers who had offered the highest price at Rajasthan Housing Board auctions saw their allotments quashed after the Board relied on departmental comparisons of nearby, similarly sized properties. The High Court held that being the highest bidder is not enough where approval is still pending — but the authority's own reasons must survive scrutiny too.