13. Scrutiny of tender.
The Auction Authority shall, on the day, and at the time and place, specified in the notice issued under clause 4, and immediately after public auction is held open in the presence of such of the tenderers and bidders as are present, all the tenders duly received by him, make a list of the offers made and may, after the tenders are recorded in respect of all shops, or groups of shops, accept or reject after recording his reasons therefore, the highest offer, and announce the same.
14. Auction procedure.
The auction shall be held at the headquarters of the District or any other convenient place duly mentioned in the auction notice and shall be presided over by the Auction Authority.
The Auction Authority conducting the auction may withdraw the auction of any shop before the auction is commenced under instructions of the Commissioner, alongwith reason for such action.
As a rule, bids should not be taken in amounts smaller than multiples of Rs. 100 up to Rs. 10,000 and all bids above ten thousand rupees should be in multiples of Rs. 500.
Following precautions need to be observed while deciding the bids:—
Care should be taken in while accepting the bids which are obviously in excess of fair market value of the licence or which are the result of speculation or ulterior motive, the acceptance or such bids as may be injurious to the interests of the cosumers and ultimately to the excise revenue.
It is necessary to guard against the acceptance of bids which may have the effect of constituting an over or covert monopoly and against the acceptance, as licence holders of undersirable persons of doubt solvencey or criminal background.
(a) The Auction Authority who is conducting the auction shall record the name of each person making a bid and the amounts of his bids.
(b) The signature of the highest bidder and the next two lower bidders shall be taken on the bid sheet.
(c) At the time of auction the auction purchaser shall sign his name or affix his thumb-impression against the relevant entry in the statement as may be prescribe by the Commissioner.
It shall be explained at the time of auction that the deposit paid in advance shall be returned in the event of the tender called earlier is found higher than bid and his bid will not be accepted. The final bid accepted shall invariable be recorded in words with his own hand by the officer conducting the auction and shall be considered in accordance with clause 17.
15. Hall Ticket.
No person other than the officers on duty shall enter the place of auction without presenting a hall ticket. The hall ticket may be issued either by the Superintendent of State Excise of the concerned District or by the officer authorised by Superintendent or the Collector to any bidder or tenderer only after be deposits rupees one thousand in cash or a demand draft of an equivalent amount obtained in favour of the Auction Authority.
The demand draft so submitted or cash deposited shall be returned at the end of auction to the unsuccessful bidders.