Delhi HC halts final bidding for 3 Chh’garh coal blocks

Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the government not to conduct final bidding till February 18 for three coal blocks in Chhattisgarh, for which Sarda Energy and Minerals Ltd has submitted its initial price offer on its plea challenging the two-phased auction process in which half of the round one bidders are to be eliminated. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva allowed the government to open the initial price offers (IPOs) for the three blocks — Gare Palma IV/1, IV/4 and IV/7.