Appellants Nos.2 to 7 could not be uploaded. The Appellants, therefore, immediately sent an E-mail with the relevant documents to their Mumbai office. The clerk at the Mumbai office reached the office of the D.R.T. at about 05.20 p.m. on 28.12.2020, the last date for submitting the papers. Since the documents were not submitted by 04.30 p.m. as required, the Appellants were disqualified from participating in the E-auction and, an E-mail was sent to Appellant No.1 on 29.12.2020 from the office of the R.O. intimating him about the disqualification of the Appellants from participating in the bid. The attempts made by the Appellants to persuade the Ld. R.O. to permit them to rectify the mistake, if any, and permit them to participate in the bid failed, and their request was declined by the R.O. on 30.12.2020. On the date of the auction, Appellants represented by their counsel once again persuaded the Ld. R.O. to condone the irregularities explaining to him about the Appellants’ inability to upload the documents in the portal because of the technical glitch, and requested the R.O. to grant permission to the Appellants to participate in the auction proceedings. The Ld. R.O. refused to accept the request of the Appellants made through counsel. Thus, the Appellants were precluded from participating in the auction despite depositing the EMD and getting ready to bid. Thereafter, the auction proceeded, and the 2nd Respondent herein became the successful bidder.
