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MUBASHIR IQBAL versus SECRETARY, EXCISE AND TAXATION, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE

Article 199 Provincial Motor Vehicle Ordinance (XIX of 1965), Section 25 Constitution Petition Public Auction Applicant, in the present case, participated in the auction of attractive vehicle registration numbers through the Director, Excise and Taxation of the Provincial Government and for a particular Bid the most. The bid amount was subject to immediate submission and was done by the applicant. Four days later, the Secretary, the Excise, informed them that the bid of their specific number as well as several other registration numbers had been approved by the Department of Administration and there was no reason for such a denial in the said order. Was given A public authority may not be customized but it has to be delivered to the relevant standards set out in the terms of the auction. The fixed price for the registration number under the auction can be an effective test on under-bidding in the current situation. Is. The diagnostic criteria have been implemented which have chosen not to apply in previous cases. There was officially a trend that encouraged arbitrary reality that a public authority could, at its discretion, act one way or another in relation to similar matters. In the present case, such proceedings have been termed as irresponsible engagement of a public authority due to the lack of a prescribed test. Conducting a public auction included the exercise of a commercial event, which was currently being sold by the authorities, the sale of a license that was a type of public property, to the private person, and an additional need for transparency in such sale cases. Was. Because such a car family advocate from Buchay Key lawyer